ܟܐܝ
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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
ܟܐܝ (ܝܥܝܬܐ)
ܟܐܝ (ܫܬܝܬܐ)
Alternative forms
- ܟ̰ܵܝ (čāy)
Etymology
From Persian چای (čây), from Chinese 茶葉 / 茶叶 (cháyè).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܟ̰ܵܐܝ • (čāy) f
- (uncountable) tea, tea plant (the leaves of which are picked, dried and used to make the beverage tea)
- ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܟ̰ܵܐܝ ܦܝܼܫ ܠܵܗ̇ ܡܪܘܼܒܲܝܬܵܐ ܓܲܘ ܗܸܢܕܘܼ.
- hāḏē čāy pīš lāh mrūbaytā gaw hindū.
- This tea was grown in India.
- (uncountable, by extension) tea (a hot drink made by infusing the dried crushed leaves of the tea plant in boiling water)
- ܟܹܐ ܫܵܬܹܝܢ ܐܲܘ ܦܸܢܓܵܢܵܐ ܕܩܲܗܘܵܐ ܐܲܘ ܟ̰ܵܐܝ ܒܨܲܦܪܵܐ.
- kē šātēn aw pingānā d-qahwā aw čāy b-ṣaprā.
- I either drink a cup of tea or coffee in the morning.
Inflection
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
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| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܟ̰ܵܐܝ (čāy) | 1st person | ܟ̰ܵܐܝܝܼ (čāyī) | ܟ̰ܵܐܝܲܢ (čāyan) | |||
| construct | ܟ̰ܵܐܝ (čāy) | 2nd person | ܟ̰ܵܐܝܘܼܟ݂ (čāyōḵ) | ܟ̰ܵܐܝܵܟ݂ܝ (čāyāḵ) | ܟ̰ܵܐܝܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (čāyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟ̰ܵܐܝ (čāy) | 3rd person | ܟ̰ܵܐܝܹܗ (čāyēh) | ܟ̰ܵܐܝܵܗ̇ (čāyāh) | ܟ̰ܵܐܝܗܘܿܢ (čāyhōn) | |||