ܚܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܐ ܚ ܐ (ˀ ḥ ˀ)
4 terms

From Aramaic אֲחָתָא (ʾăḥāṯā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-; compare Arabic أُخْت (ʔuḵt), Hebrew אָחוֹת (akhót) and Akkadian 𒎏 (aḫātum).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xɑːθɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [xɑːθɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [xɑːtɑː]

Noun

ܚܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (ḥāṯā) f sg (plural ܚܵܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (ḥāṯwāṯē), masculine ܐܲܚܵܐ (aḥḥā) or ܐܲܚܘܿܢܵܐ (aḥōnā))

  1. sister (female sibling having parents in common)
Usage notes
  • This term on its own is used both literally and figuratively; including full sisters, half-sisters and step-sisters.
Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Root
ܬ ܚ ܬ (t ḥ t)
7 terms

Denominal of ܬܲܚܬܵܝܵܐ (taḥtāyā, lower).

Pronunciation

  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [xaːteː]

Verb

ܚܵܬܹܐ • (ḥātē) (present participle ܚܬܵܝܵܐ (ḥtāyā), past participle ܚܸܬܝܵܐ (ḥityā))

  1. (intransitive) to be/become low
Conjugation

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-.

Alternative forms

  • ܐܚܬܐ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħɑθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܚܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܚܘܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܐܚܐ)

  1. sister
  2. nun
  3. (figuratively) companion; relation, similarity

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒄑𒃶𒌌 (/⁠ḫittu⁠/), possibly a loanword from Sumerian 𒄑𒃶𒌌 (/⁠hedu⁠/, architrave).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħɛttɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħɛtte(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܬܐ)

  1. beam, plank (especially one resting on piles or pillars)
  2. (by extension) plank bridge, wooden bridge
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħɛttɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħɛtte(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܬܐ)

  1. Alternative form of ܚܬܬܐ
Inflection

References

  • ˀḥh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ḥt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 5a, 120a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 163b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 503b

Turoyo

Etymology

From Aramaic ܚܬܐ (ḥāṯā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħoθo/

Noun

ܚܳܬ݂ܳܐ • (ḥoṯo) f (plural ܚܳܬ݂ܳܬ݂ܶܐ (ḥoṯoṯe))

  1. sister
    Coordinate term: ܐܰܚܘܢܳܐ (aḥuno, brother)
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