Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, calque of Ancient Greek . By surface analysis, ܕܝܼܠ (dīl, “belonging to, owned by”) + -ܝܬܐ (-āytā, the attributive adjective ending).
ܕܝܼܠܵܝܬܵܐ • (dīlāytā) f (plural ܕܝܼ̈ܠܵܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (dīlāyāṯā))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܵܐ (dīlāyā) | 1st person | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܬܝܼ (dīlāytī) | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܬܲܢ (dīlāytan) | |||
| construct | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܲܬ݂ (dīlāyaṯ) | 2nd person | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܬܘܼܟ݂ (dīlāytōḵ) | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܬܵܟ݂ܝ (dīlāytāḵ) | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dīlāytawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܬܵܐ (dīlāytā) | 3rd person | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܬܹܗ (dīlāytēh) | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܬܵܗ̇ (dīlāytāh) | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܬܗܘܿܢ (dīlāythōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܵܢ̈ (dīlāyān) | 1st person | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (dīlāyāṯī) | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (dīlāyāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܵܬ݂̈ (dīlāyāṯ) | 2nd person | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (dīlāyāṯōḵ) | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (dīlāyāṯāḵ) | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dīlāyāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܝܼ̈ܠܵܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (dīlāyāṯā) | 3rd person | ܕܝܼ̈ܠܵܝܵܬ݂ܹܗ (dīlāyāṯēh) | ܕܝܼ̈ܠܵܝܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (dīlāyāṯāh) | ܕܝܼܠܵܝܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (dīlāyāṯhōn) | |||