ܚܘܘܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

FWOTD – 6 March 2018
ܚܘܘܐ (1)
ܚܘܘܐ (2)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From חִיוֵי (ḥəwē)/ܚܘܹܐ (ḥwē), the absolute form of Aramaic חֶוְיָא (ḥewyā, “snake”); compare Lishana Deni כוויה (xuwwe), Classical Syriac ܚܘܝܐ (ḥewyā) and Arabic حَيَّة (ḥayya).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܚܘܼܘܹܐ • (ḥūwē) m sg (plural ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (ḥūwāṯē), feminine ܚܘܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥwāwīṯā))

  1. snake, serpent
  2. thong (of a bullwhip)
  3. (pathology) pediculosis

Inflection

    Inflection of ܚܘܼܘܹܐ (ḥūwē)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܚܘܼܘܝܼ
(ḥūwī) 		ܚܘܼܘܲܢ
(ḥūwan)
construct ܚܸܘܘܲܝ
(ḥiwway) 		2nd person ܚܘܘܘܼܟ݂
(ḥwwūḵ) 		ܚܘܼܘܵܟ݂ܝ
(ḥūwāḵ) 		ܚܘܼܘܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(ḥūwāwḵōn)
emphatic ܚܘܼܘܹܐ
(ḥūwē) 		3rd person ܚܘܼܘܘܼܗ̇ܝ
(ḥūwūwaya) 		ܚܘܼܘܘܿܗ̇
(ḥūwōh) 		ܚܘܼܘܗܘܿܢ
(ḥūwhōn)
plural absolute – 1st person ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈
(ḥūwāṯī) 		ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈
(ḥūwāṯan)
construct ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂
(ḥūwāṯ) 		2nd person ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(ḥūwāṯūḵ) 		ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(ḥūwāṯāḵ) 		ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(ḥūwāṯāwḵōn)
emphatic ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ
(ḥūwāṯē) 		3rd person ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ
(ḥūwāṯēh) 		ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇
(ḥūwāṯāh) 		ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(ḥūwāṯhōn)

Derived terms

Proper noun

ܚܘܼܘܹܐ • (ḥūwē) m

  1. (figuratively) Satan

References

  • “ܚܘܼܘܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2016 March 20 (last accessed)
  • “ܚܘܼܘܹܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2022 December 8 (last accessed)
  • Kalašev, A. (1894) “х̔уввӓ”, in Русско-айсорский и айсорско-русский словарь (Сборник материалов для описания местностей и племен Кавказа; 20), Tiflis, page 392a
  • Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܚܘܼܘܵܐ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 94a
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