ܐܬܐ

ܐܬܐ ܕܐܡܘܬ̈ܐ ܡܚܝ̈ܕܬܐ

From Aramaic אָתָא (ʾāṯā), from Proto-Semitic *awayat-, cognate with Hebrew אוֹת (ot, “sign”) and Arabic آية (ʔāya, “sign”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːθɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːθɑː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːtɑː]

ܐܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (āṯā) f (plural ܐܵܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (āṯwāṯē))

1. flag, banner

   ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܲܚ ܪܵܒܵܐ ܚܸܕ݂ܝܹ̈ܐ ܒܝܵܘܡܵܐ ܕܡܲܩܸܡܲܚ ܐܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܥܪܵܪܵܐ.

   bit hāwaḥ rābā ḥiḏyē b-yāwmā d-maqqimaḥ āṯā āšōrāyṯā ˁal ˁrārā.

   We will be very happy the day that we raise the Assyrian flag on the flagpole.

2. symbol, sign, mark

   Synonyms: ܢܝܼܫܲܢܩܵܐ (nīšanqā), ܪܸܡܙܵܐ (rimzā), ܫܘܼܘܕܵܥܵܐ (šūwdāˁā)

• ܐܵܬ݂ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (āṯūṯā, “letter, consonant, character”)

From Aramaic אֲתָא (ʾaṯā); related to Ugaritic 𐎀𐎚𐎆 (ảtw, “come”), Arabic أَتَى (ʔatā, “come”) and Ge'ez አተወ (ʾätäwä, “go home”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːθeː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːθeː]
• (Upper Tyari) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːʃeː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːteː]

ܐܵܬ݂ܹܐ • (āṯē) (present participle ܐ݇ܬ݂ܵܝܵܐ (ṯāyā), past participle ܐܸܬ݂ܝܵܐ (iṯyā))

1. to come

   ܐ݇ܬ݂ܹܐ ܠܝܼ ― ṯē lī ― I am coming (literally, “I have come”)

   ܐ݇ܬ݂ܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܵܣܝܵܐ ܥܲܕܠܵܐ؟ ― ṯē lēh āsyā ˁadlā? ― Has the doctor come yet?

   ܣܸܬ݂ܘܵܐ ܒܹܐ݇ܬ݂ܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ. ― siṯwā bēṯāyā ìlēh. ― Winter is coming.

   ܟܹܐ ܐܵܬ݂ܹܝܢ ܠܟܸܣܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܓܵܗܵܐ ܒܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ. ― kē āṯēn lkislāwḵōn ḥḏā gāhā b-šāḇōˁā. ― I come to your place once a week.

2. to come to, to cost

   ܐܵܗܵܐ ܐܸܬ݂ܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܠܣܘܼܝܵܟ݂ܵܐ ܕ-30$. ― āhā iṯyā ìlēh l-sūyāḵā d-30$. ― This has come to a total of $30.

   ܪܵܒܵܐ ܡܸܢܕܝܼܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܒܸܬ ܐܵܬ݂ܝܼ ܠܒܲܗܪܵܐ ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܚܲܕܬܵܐ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܫܸܪܝܵܐ.

   rābā mindīyānē bit āṯī l-bahrā īman d-kṯāḇā ḥadtā hāwē širyā.

   A lot of things will come to light when the new book is released.

   ܡܕܲܒܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ ܕܓܲܒܵܐ ܡܓܵܘ ܦܲܪܠܵܡܵܢ ܐ݇ܬ݂ܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܣܘܼܙܓܵܪܵܐ.

   mdabrānē d-gabbā m-gāw parlāmān ṯē lhōn l-suzgārā.

   The party leaders in parliament came to an agreement.

3. with ܠܹܗ ܠ- (lēh l-) to acquire, obtain

   Synonym: ܗܵܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܠ- (hāwē lēh l-)

• ܐܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ (āṯē bāṯar)
• ܐܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܠ- (āṯē l-)
• ܕܐܵܬ݂ܹܐ (d-āṯē, “coming, next, upcoming”)

Compare Hebrew אוֹת (ʾôṯ).

• IPA^(key): [ʔɑθɑ(ʔ)]

ܐܬܐ • (ˀāṯā) f (plural ܐܬܘܬܐ)

1. sign, mark, token
2. ensign, standard, banner, flag
3. (in the plural) description, figure
4. example
5. monument, monstrosity
6. (astronomy) constellation

   Synonyms: ܡܙܠܐ, ܦܘܣܩܢܐ

7. miracle
8. pledge, promise
9. trace
10. (dialectal, pathology) kind of measles

• “ˀt”, 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, p. 22a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 31b
• 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. 109a-b