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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܡܛܠܩܢܐ in the sense of the diacritic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܵܐ • (mṭalqānā) (feminine ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mṭalqānīṯā), plural ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܹܐ (mṭalqānē))
- destroying, eliminating, consuming
Noun
ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܵܐ • (mṭalqānā) m (plural ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܹܐ (mṭalqānē), feminine ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mṭalqānīṯā))
- destroyer, eliminator
- (typography) linea occultans, mtalqana, the diacritic in the Syriac scripts consisting of one stroke on a letter used to indicate the letter is unpronounced
- ܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ (mḏītā, “city”)
- ܐܲܟ݂ܚ݇ܕ݂ܵܐ (aḵḏā, “together”)
- ܚܲܕ݇ (ḥa, “one”)
Usage notes
- This diacritic is not normally applied to letters which have lost their value on a dialectical level- for example, ܒܹܥܹ̈ܐ (bēˁē, “eggs”) containing the letter ayn, does not have a linea occultans, despite ayn mostly losing its value in Assyrian-Neo Aramaic dialects