ܢܫܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic نَسِيَ (nasiya).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key):

  Homophone: ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ (nāšē)

Verb

ܢܵܫܹܐ • (nāšē) (present participle ܢܫܵܝܵܐ (nšāyā), past participle ܢܸܫܝܵܐ (nišyā))

1. (intransitive) to forget (to cease remembering)

   ܢܫܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܕܙܵܒ݂ܢܹܢ ܚܲܠܒ݂ܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܕܸܟܵܢܵܐ.

   nšē lī d-zāḇnēn ḥalḇā min dikkānā.

   I forgot to buy milk from the store.

   ܠܵܐ ܢܵܫܹܝܬ ܕܵܒ݂ܪܹܬ ܠܹܗ ܬܲܪܥܵܐ.

   lā nāšēt dāḇrēt lēh tarˁā.

   Don’t forget to close the door.

2. (transitive) to forget (to lose remembrance of someone or something)

   ܢܫܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܹܗ ܓܵܘ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ.

   nšē lēh kṯāḇēh gāw baytā.

   He forgot his book at home.

Usage notes

• Many dialects of colloquial Assyrian Neo-Aramaic may use the causative form ܡܲܢܫܹܐ (manšē) instead.

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Compare Turoyo ܢܶܫ̈ܶܐ (neše)/ܢܝܫ̈ܶܐ (niše), Arabic نِسَاء (nisāʔ), and Hebrew נָשִׁים (nashím).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key):

Noun

ܢܸܫܹ̈ܐ • (niššē) f pl (singular ܐܲܢ݇ܬܬܵܐ (attā) or ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ (baḵtā))

1. plural of ܐܲܢ݇ܬܬܵܐ (attā, “woman; wife”)

Usage notes

• The singular ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ (baḵtā) has displaced the word ܐܲܢ݇ܬܬܵܐ (attā) however ܢܸܫܹ̈ܐ (niššē) is still the common plural in some dialects and used in formal context unlike ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܬܹ̈ܐ (baḵtātē).

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic نِسَاء (nisāʔ) and Hebrew נָשִׁים (nāšîm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

ܢܫܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. emphatic plural of ܐܢܬܬܐ

Etymology 2

Noun

ܢܫܐ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܢܫܐ)

1. Alternative spelling of ܐܢܫܐ

Inflection