ܗܕܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic הָדֵּא (hāḏē); compare Arabic هٰذِهِ (hāḏihi).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [hɑːðeː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [hɑːdeː]

Pronoun

ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ • (hāḏē) (masculine ܗܵܢܵܐ (hānā), plural ܗܵܠܹܝܢ (hālēn))

  1. (demonstrative) this, this thing, this one
    ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܛܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ ― hāḏē ìlāh ṭāḇtā ― This is good
    ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܠܵܗ̇ ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ ― kē bāˁēn lāh hāḏē ― I want this one
    ܐܟ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܝܼ ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܟܸܪܡܘܿܟ݂ܬܵܐ ܬܸܡܵܠ. ― ḵīl lī hāḏē kirmōḵtā timmāl. ― I ate this sandwich yesterday
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Root
ܗ ܕ ܐ (h d ˀ)
3 terms

Borrowed from Arabic هَدَأَ (hadaʔa).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [hɑːðeː]
  • (Nineveh Plains, Urmian) IPA(key): [hɑːdeː]

Verb

ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ • (hāḏē) (present participle ܗܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ (hḏāyā), past participle ܗܸܕ݂ܝܵܐ (hiḏyā))

  1. (intransitive) to be/become still, calm, silent
    Synonyms: ܫܵܠܹܐ (šālē), ܢܵܐܹܚ (nāˀēḥ), ܫܵܟ݂ܹܢ (šāḵēn)
Inflection

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܗܕ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hɑðeʔ]

Adjective

ܗܕܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܗܠܝܢ, singular masculine counterpart ܗܢܐ, plural masculine counterpart ܗܠܝܢ)

  1. (demonstrative) this

Usage notes

  • As an attributive adjective, ܗܕܐ can come either before or after the noun it describes without any change in meaning.

Pronoun

ܗܕܐ • (transliteration needed) f sg (plural ܗܠܝܢ, singular masculine counterpart ܗܢܐ, plural masculine counterpart ܗܠܝܢ)

  1. (demonstrative) this thing, this one

References

  • “hdˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1895) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), Berlin, Edinburgh: Reuther & Reichard, T. & T. Clark
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press
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