ܚܘܘܐ
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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Alternative forms
- ܚܸܘܹܐ (ḥiwwē)
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 (plural ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (ḥūwāṯē), feminine ܚܘܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥwāwīṯā))
ܚܸܘܘܹܐ • (ḥiwwē) m
Inflection
| 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 (ḥwwōḵ) | 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 (ḥūwāṯōḵ) | ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥūwāṯāḵ) | ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥūwāṯāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (ḥūwāṯē) | 3rd person | ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ (ḥūwāṯēh) | ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (ḥūwāṯāh) | ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (ḥūwāṯhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܚܘܼܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥūwīṯā, “small snake”)
- ܚܸܘܝܘܿܢܵܐ (ḥiwyōnā, “small snake”)
- ܚܸܘܝܵܝܵܐ (ḥiwyāyā, “snake-like, serpentine”)
Proper noun
ܚܘܼܘܹܐ • (ḥūwē) m
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