ܬܠܬ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology
Root
ܬ ܠ ܬ (t l t)
10 terms

From Aramaic תּלָת (tlāṯ), from Proto-Semitic *ṯalāṯ-; compare Arabic ثَلَاث (ṯalāṯ) and Hebrew שָׁלוֹשׁ (shalósh).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [təlɑθː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [tˤil.laθ], [tˤəl.laθ]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [tlɑtː]

Numeral

ܬܠܵܬ݂ or ܬܸܠܵܬ݂ • (tlāṯ or tillāṯ) f (masculine ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tlāṯā))

  1. feminine of ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tlāṯā, “three”)
    ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ ܝܲܢ ܬܠܵܬ݂ ܢܸܫܹ̈ܐ ܒܸܬ ܥܵܠܠܝܼ ܓܵܘ ܬܵܘܵܢܵܐ. ― tlāṯā gaḇrē yan tlāṯ niššē bit ˁāllī gāw tāwānā. ― Three men or three women will enter the room.

Usage notes
  • In some dialects of colloquial Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, the form ܬܠܵܬܵܐ (tlātā) is often used regardless of gender.

Numeral

ܬܠܵܬ݂ • (tlāṯ) m

  1. masculine construct state of ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tlāṯā, “three”)
    ܒܲܠܚܘܿܕ݂ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܬܠܵܬ݂ܢܵܝܗܝ ܗܵܘܝܼ ܚܸܕ݂ܝܹ̈ܐ. ― balḥōḏ kē bāˁēn tlāṯnāyh hāwī ḥiḏyē. ― I just want the three of them to be happy.

Inflection
Inflection of ܬܠܵܬ݂ (tlāṯ)
Base Form ܬܠܵܬ݂
(tlāṯ)
Personal-pronoun including forms singular plural
m f
1st person – ܬܠܵܬ݂ܢܲܢ
(tlāṯnan)
2nd person – – ܬܠܵܬ݂ܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(tlāṯnāwḵōn)
3rd person – – ܬܠܵܬ݂ܢܵܝܗܝ
(tlāṯnāyh)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Aramaic 𐡕𐡋‎𐡕 (talāṯ), from Proto-Semitic *ṯalāṯum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tlaːθ/ [1]

Numeral

ܬܠܵܬ݂ • (tlāṯ) f (masculine ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tlāṯa))

  1. three

References
  1. Muraoka, Takamitsu (2005) Classical Syriac: A basic Grammar with a Chrestomathy‎, Harrasowitz Verlag, page 38
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