ܐܬܪܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܐ ܬ ܪ (ˀ t r)
1 term

Etymology

From Aramaic אַתְרָא (ʾaṯrā, country; idem), from Proto-Semitic *ʔaṯar-; cognate to Hebrew אֲשֶׁר (ashér, relative pronoun), אֲתָר (atár, site), Ge'ez አሰር (ʾäsär), አሠር (ʾäśär, trace, vestige; way, road; relic), Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar, trace, vestige, impression, relic) and Akkadian 𒆠 (ašrum, place, site). Also related to the preposition ܒܵܬ݇ܪ (bār, behind, after).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ (aṯrām sg (plural ܐܲܬ݂ܪ̈ܵܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (aṯrāwāṯē))

  1. country, land
  2. Ellipsis of ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ ܕܐܲܒ݂ܵܗܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (aṯrā d-aḇāhāṯē, homeland, fatherland).

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Proper noun

ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ (aṯrām or f

  1. (by extension, popular) Assyria, the Assyrian homeland
    ܒܸܬ ܚܵܙܩܲܚ ܡܸܢ݇ܕܪܹܝܫ݇ ܠܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ ܒܢܝܼܣܵܢ.
    bit ḥāzqaḥ midrēy l-aṯrā bnīsān.
    We will go to Assyria again in April.

Proper noun

ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ (aṯrām or f

  1. a unisex given name

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaṯar-. Cognate to Aramaic אַתְרָא (ʾaṯrā, idem), Hebrew אֲשֶׁר (ʾăšĕ́r, relative pronoun), Ge'ez አሰር (ʾäsär), አሠር (ʾäśär, trace, vestige; way, road; relic), Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar, trace, vestige, impression, relic), Akkadian 𒆠 (ašrum, place, site).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܐܬܪܐ (ʾaṯrām (plural ܐܬܪܘܬܐ (ʾaṯrawwāṯā) or ܐܬܪܐ (ʾaṯrē))

  1. place, spot
  2. region, land, country
  3. district, province
  4. inhabitants
  5. means
  6. (figuratively) room, space; opportunity, time; delay

Usage notes

Usually, the plural ܐܬܪܐ (ʾaṯrē) is a paucal plural (from two to ten) while the plural ܐܬܪܘܬܐ (ʾaṯrawwāṯā) is a multiple plural (eleven or more).

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Descendants

  • Hebrew: אתר

References

  • ˀtr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-25
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 22b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 33a-b
  • 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, pages 112b-113a