ܗܝܝܘܬܐ

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from ܗܝ (hī, “she”) +‎ ܗܝ (ī, “is”) +‎ -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā, the abstract noun ending).

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ܗܝܼܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (hīyāyūṯā) f sg (plural ܗܝܼܵܝ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (hīyāywāṯē))

1. identity

   ܗܝܼܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܡܠܘܿܐܵܐ ܡܥܲܩܕܵܐ. ― hīyāyūtā d-āšōrāyā ìlāh mlōˀā mˁaqdā. ― The identity of an Assyrian is a complex subject.

   ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܐܘܼܡܬܵܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ ܗܝܼܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܚܲܝܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ. ― hāḏē umtā īṯ lāh hīyāyūṯā ḥaylānīṯā. ― This nation has a strong identity.

   ܗܝܼܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܹܗ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܐ݇ܪܵܙܵܐ. ― hīyāyūṯēh bit pāyšā rāzā. ― His identity will remain a secret.

2. identification documents

   ܡܲܚܙܹܐ ܗܝܼܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ ܒܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ ܕܡܛܵܝܬܘܼܟ݂ ― maḥzē hīyāyūṯūḵ b-ˁiddānā d-mṭāytūḵ ― Show your identification documents upon arrival.

3. (colloquial, metonymically) ID, identity card

• ܗܝܼܟ݂ܲܕܗܝܼܵܝܵܐ (hīḵadhīyāyā, “identical”)

From ܗܝܝ (hīyī, “she is”), from ܗܝ (hī, “she”) +‎ ܗܝ (ī, “is”) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā).

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ܗܝܝܘܬܐ • (hīyāyūṯā) f (plural ܗܝܝܘܬܐ (hīyāywāṯā))

1. condition, state, status
2. identity, essence
3. likeness
4. mien

Modified from above.

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ܗܝܝܘܬܐ • (hīyūṯā) f (plural ܗܝܝܘܬܐ (hīywāṯā))

1. condition, state, status

• ܗܝܝܘܬܐ, in Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
• Brock, Sebastian P. & Kiraz, George A. (2015) Gorgias Concise Syriac-English, English-Syriac Dictionary, Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press ܗܺܝܳܝܽܘܬܐ
• Brock, Sebastian P. & Kiraz, George A. (2015) Gorgias Concise Syriac-English, English-Syriac Dictionary, Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press ܗܺܝܺܝܽܘܬܐ
• “hyyw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-19
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 74b
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 97a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 103a
• 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, page 340a