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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic סְנִיקָא (snīqā, “lacking, needful”)
Adjective
ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ • (snīqā) (feminine ܣܢܝܼܩܬܵܐ (snīqtā), plural ܣܢܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ (snīqē))
- lacking, needful, needing, in need
ܫܘܼܟܸܢܝܼ ܠܒ݂ܘܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܕܒܪܘܿܢܝܼ ܟܒ݂ܲܪ ܓܘܼܪܘܸܣ ܠܹܗ ܝܲܬܝܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ ܠܝܵܠܹ̈ܕ݇ܐ ܣܢܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ ܘܡܸܣܟܹܝܢܹ̈ܐ.- šūkinī lḇūšē d-brōnī kḇar gūrwis lēh yatīrāˀīt l-yālē snīqē w-miskēnē.
- I donated the clothes my son outgrew to help children in need and poor.
- to need (with ܠ- (l-) or ܥܲܠ (ˁal))
- ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܥܲܠ ܥܘܼܕܪܵܢܵܐ؟ ― snīqā ìwet ˁal ˁudrānā? ― Do you need help?
- ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ ܠܟܬܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܚܲܕܬܵܐ ― bit hāwē snīqā l-ktāḇā ḥadtā ― I will need a new book.
ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܐܝܼܬ ܫܩܝܼܠ ܠܲܢ ܣܘܼܦܩܵܢܵܐ ܕܪܵܒܵܐ ܣܢܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܒܩܲܝܛܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ.- ḥārāˀīt šqīl lan supqānā d-rābā snīqē ìwaḥ wā b-qayṭā d-ˁḇīrēh.
- We finally took the vacation we were really needing last summer.
- 1 Corinthians 12:21:
ܥܲܝܢܵܐ ܠܹܐ ܡܵܨܝܵܐ ܐܵܡܪܵܐ ܠܐܝܼܕܵܐ: «ܠܹܐ ܝܘܵܢ ܣܢܝܼܩܬܵܐ ܐܸܠܵܟ݂ܝ»؛ ܘܪܹܝܫܵܐ ܠܹܐ ܡܵܨܹܐ ܐܵܡܹܪ ܠܪܸܓ݂ܠܵܐ: «ܠܹܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ ܐܸܠܵܟ݂ܝ».- ˁaynā lē māṣyā āmrā l-īdā: “lē ìwān snīqtā illāḵ”; w-rēšā lē māṣē āmēr l-riḡlā: “lē ìwen snīqā illāḵ”.
- The eye cannot say to the hand: “I do not need you”; nor again the head to the foot: “I do not need you.”
Usage notes
- (to need): While ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ (snīqā) is an adjective, it is used in much the same way as a present-tense verb.
Related terms
- ܣܵܢܹܩ (sānēq, “to require, be necessary, be in need”)