ܐܬܘܬܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From ܐܵܬܵܐ (ātā, sign, mark, flag) +‎ -ܘܬܐ (-uta, the abstract noun ending)

Pronunciation

Noun

ܐܵܬܘܼܬܵܐ (ātūtāf sg (plural ܐܵܬܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (ātwātē))

  1. (orthography) letter, character
    ܐܝܼܬ ܥܸܣܪܝܼ ܘܬܲܪܬܹܝܢ ܐܵܬܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܒܐܵܠܲܦܒܹܝܬ ܕܝܼܲܢ.
    īt ˁisrī w-tartēn ātwātē b-ālapbēt dīyan.
    There are twenty-two letters in our alphabet.
  2. (phonetics) consonant

Inflection

Derived terms

Noun

ܐܵܬܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (ātwātēf pl

  1. plural of ܐܵܬܵܐ (ātā, flag, banner)
  2. plural of ܐܵܬܘܼܬܵܐ (ātūtā, letter, character, consonant)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Modified from ܐܬܐ (ʾāṯāʾ, sign, mark).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܐܬܘܬܐ (ˀāṯūṯāf (plural ܐܬܘܬܐ)

  1. (orthography) letter, character, sign
    Synonyms: ܣܘܪܓܕܐ, ܣܪܛܐ
  2. (in the plural) alphabet
    Synonyms: ܐܒܓܕ, ܐܠܦܒܝܬ
  3. (phonetics) consonant
Inflection

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ܐܬܘܬܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. emphatic plural of ܐܬܐ

References

  • ˀtw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 22a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 32b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 109b