ܚܬܐ

• ܚܵܬ݂ (ḥāṯ) (slang)

From Aramaic אֲחָתָא (ʾăḥāṯā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-; compare Arabic أُخْت (ʔuḵt), Hebrew אָחוֹת (akhót) and Akkadian 𒎏 (aḫātum).

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ܚܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (ḥāṯā) f sg (plural ܚܵܬ݂̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥāṯwāṯā) or ܚܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥāṯawwāṯā), masculine ܐܲܚܵܐ (aḥḥā) or ܐܲܚܘܿܢܵܐ (aḥōnā))

1. sister (female sibling having parents in common)
2. (in the first-person possessive form) Respectful term of address to a female around one’s own age or slightly younger (see usage notes below)

• This term on its own is used both literally and figuratively; including full sisters, half-sisters and step-sisters.
• (term of address) The term used by old individuals to a female a lot younger than them is ܒܪܵܬܝܼ (brātī, literally “My daughter”), and not this term.

Denominal of ܬܲܚܬܵܝܵܐ (taḥtāyā, “lower”).

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ܚܵܬܹܐ • (ḥātē)

1. (intransitive, physically) to become/be in a lower/low position, descend, lower see usage notes

   Antonym: ܥܵܠܹܐ (ˁālē)

2. (intransitive, of volume) to become lower, quieter

• (to become low): This verb is used for literally and physically being in a low position, and not, for example, going downstairs, or any figurative usage. For that, the verb ܢܵܚܸܬ݂ (nāḥiṯ) is used, where there may sometimes be semantic overlap.

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-.

• ܐܚܬܐ

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ܚܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܚܘܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܐܚܐ)

1. sister
2. nun
3. (figuratively) companion; relation, similarity

From Akkadian 𒄑𒃶𒌌 (/⁠ḫittu⁠/), possibly a loanword from Sumerian 𒄑𒃶𒌌 (/⁠hedu⁠/, “architrave”).

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ܚܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܬܐ)

1. beam, plank (especially one resting on piles or pillars)
2. (by extension) plank bridge, wooden bridge

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ܚܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܬܐ)

1. Alternative form of ܚܬܬܐ

• “ˀḥh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ḥt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 5a, 120a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 163b
• 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, p. 503b

From Aramaic ܚܬܐ (ḥāṯā).

• IPA^(key): /ħoθo/

ܚܳܬ݂ܳܐ • (ḥoṯo) f (plural ܚܳܬ݂ܳܬ݂ܶܐ (ḥoṯoṯe))

1. sister

   Coordinate term: ܐܰܚܘܢܳܐ (aḥuno, “brother”)