ܚܬܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Root
ܐ ܚ ܐ (ˀ ḥ ˀ)
4 terms

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ܚܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥāṯāf 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)
Usage notes
  • 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.
Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Root
ܬ ܚ ܬ (t ḥ t)
8 terms

Denominal of ܬܲܚܬܵܝܵܐ (taḥtāyā, lower).

Pronunciation

Verb

ܚܵܬܹܐ (ḥātē) (present participle ܚܬܵܝܵܐ (ḥtāyā), past participle ܚܸܬܝܵܐ (ḥityā))

  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
Usage notes
  • (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.
Conjugation

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ܚܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܐܚܘܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܐܚܐ)

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ܚܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܚܬܐ)

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

ܚܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܚܬܐ)

  1. Alternative form of ܚܬܬܐ
Inflection

References

  • 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

Turoyo

Etymology

From Aramaic ܚܬܐ (ḥāṯā).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܚܳܬ݂ܳܐ (ḥoṯof (plural ܚܳܬ݂ܳܬ݂ܶܐ (ḥoṯoṯe))

  1. sister
    Coordinate term: ܐܰܚܘܢܳܐ (aḥuno, brother)