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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic אַרִיכָא (arrīḵā) of the adjective pattern 1a22ī3ā with a shift from an initial /ʔ/ to /j/; cognate to Hebrew אָרֹךְ ('arókh).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ • (yarīḵā) (feminine ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ (yarīḵtā), plural ܝܲܪ̈ܝܼܟ݂ܹܐ (yarīḵē))
- long (having a great distance from one end to the other)
- ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܗ̇ܘ ܚܲܒ݂ܠܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܬܪܹܝܢ. ― kē bāˁēn awa ḥaḇlā yarīḵā min hālēn trēn. ― I want the long rope out of these two.
- ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܗܵܕܲܟ݂ ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܗܲܠ ܣܲܗܪܵܐ. ― ḥḏā hādaḵ urḥā yarīḵtā ìlāh min arˁā hal sahrā. ― It's such a long way from the Earth to the Moon.
- ܠܸܫܵܢܹܗ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ― liššānēh yarīḵā ìlēh ― he talks back and argues a lot (literally, “his tongue is long”)
- long (of great duration)
- ܡ̣ܢ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡܸܬ݂ܚܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܢܘܼܪ̈ܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܕܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ ܗܸܘܝܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ. ― min ḥa miṯḥā yarīḵā nūrānāyē d-miṣrēn hiwyē ìnā. ― The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.
- (formal) Used in the construct state, with a noun complement.
- ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܲܬ ܟܵܘܣܵܐ ― baḵtā yarīḵat kāwsā ― a long-haired woman
- ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ ܕܸܩܢܵܐ ― gaḇrā yarīḵ diqnā ― a long-bearded man
- tall
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