-ܝܐ

Compare Arabic ـِيّ‎ (-iyy), Hebrew ־ִי‎ (-í) and Akkadian -ī.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ɑːjɑː]

-ܵܝܵܐ • (-āyā) m sg (plural -ܵܝܹ̈ܐ (-āyē), feminine -ܵܝܬܵܐ‎ (-āytā))

1. -ic, -ish, -an, -al, -ous suffix with the meaning “related to”, “of or pertaining to”.

   ‎ܒܸܪܩܵܐ‎ (birqā, “lightning; electricity”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܒܸܪܩܵܝܵܐ‎ (birqāyā, “electrical”)

   ‎ܗܵܘܵܐ‎ (hāwā, “air”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܗܵܘܵܝܵܐ‎ (hāwāyā, “aerial”)

   ‎ܝܲܡܡܹ̈ܐ‎ (yammē, “the seas”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܝܲܡܡܵܝܵܐ‎ (yammāyā, “marine”)

   ‎ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ‎ (mākēnā, “machine”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܝܵܐ‎ (mākēnāyā, “mechanic”)

2. suffix forming from place names nouns with the meaning “person related to”

   ‎ܐܵܫܘܿܪ‎ (āšor, “Assyria”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ‎ (āšorāyā, “Assyrian”)

   ‎ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ‎ (ninwē, “Nineveh”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܢܝܼܢܘܵܝܵܐ‎ (ninwāyā, “Ninevite”)

   ‎ܐܘܿܪܸܫܠܸܡ‎ (orišlim, “Jerusalem”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܐܘܿܪܸܫܠܡܵܝܵܐ‎ (orišlmāyā, “Jerusalemite”)

3. suffix forming from cardinal numbers to ordinal numbers

   ‎ܬܠܵܬܵܐ‎ (tlātā, “three”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܬܠܝܼܬܵܝܵܐ‎ (tlitāyā, “third”)

   ‎ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ‎ (arbˁā, “four”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܵܐ‎ (rḇiˁāyā, “fourth”)

   ‎ܚܲܡܫܵܐ‎ (ḥamšā, “five”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܚܡܝܼܫܵܝܵܐ‎ (ḥmišāyā, “fifth”)

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms suffixed with -ܝܐ
• -ܢܝܐ‎ (-nāyā, “the intensive attributive adjective”)

• -ܵܢܵܐ‎ (-ānā)