-ܝܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

    Compare Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy), Hebrew ־ִי () and Akkadian .

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -ܵܝܵܐ (-āyām sg (plural -ܵܝܹ̈ܐ (-āyē), feminine -ܵܝܬܵܐ (-āytā))

    1. -ic, -ish, -an, -al, -ous suffix with the meaning “related to”, “of or pertaining to”.
      ܒܸܪܩܵܐ (birqā, lightning; electricity) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܒܸܪܩܵܝܵܐ (birqāyā, electrical)
      ܗܵܘܵܐ (hāwā, air) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܗܵܘܵܝܵܐ (hāwāyā, aerial)
      ܝܲܡܡܹ̈ܐ (yammē, the seas) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܝܲܡܡܵܝܵܐ (yammāyā, marine)
      ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ (mākēnā, machine) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܝܵܐ (mākēnāyā, mechanic)
    2. suffix forming from place names nouns with the meaning “person related to”
      ܐܵܫܘܿܪ (āšōr, Assyria) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ (āšōrāyā, Assyrian)
      ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ (nīnwē, Nineveh) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܢܝܼܢܘܵܝܵܐ (nīnwāyā, Ninevite)
      ܐܘܿܪܸܫܠܸܡ (ōrišlim, Jerusalem) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܐܘܿܪܸܫܠܡܵܝܵܐ (ōrišlmāyā, Jerusalemite)
    3. suffix forming from cardinal numbers to ordinal numbers
      ܬܠܵܬܵܐ (tlātā, three) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܬܠܝܼܬܵܝܵܐ (tlītāyā, third)
      ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ (arbˁā, four) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܵܐ (rḇīˁāyā, fourth)
      ܚܲܡܫܵܐ (ḥamšā, five) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܚܡܝܼܫܵܝܵܐ (ḥmīšāyā, fifth)

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