ܐܡܐܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic numbers (edit)
1,000
 ←  90  ←  99 ܩ.
100
200  →  1,000  → 
10
    Cardinal: ܐܸܡܐܵܐ (imˀā)
    Ordinal: ܐܸܡܐܵܝܵܐ (imˀāyā)

Etymology 1

Root
ܡ ܐ ܐ (m ˀ ˀ)
4 terms

From ܐܸܡܐܵܐ (imˀā, hundred) +‎ -ܝܐ (-yā, -āyā, the attributive adjective ending); compare Arabic مَائَة (māʔa), مِئَوِيّ (miʔawiyy) and Hebrew מֵאִי (me'í).

Alternative forms

  • ܐܸܡܵܝܵܐ (immāyā)

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔɪmməʔɑːjɑː]
  • (Urmia) IPA(key): [ʔɪm.mɑːjɑː]

Adjective

ܐܸܡܐܵܝܵܐ • (imˀāyā) (feminine ܐܸܡܐܵܝܬܵܐ (imˀāytā), plural ܐܸܡܐܵܝܹ̈ܐ (imˀāyē))

  1. hundredth (100th)
    ܗܲܘ ܝܠܹܗ ܦܲܪܨܘܿܦܵܐ ܐܸܡܐܵܝܵܐ ܕܥܵܒ݂ܹܪ ܒܓܲܘ ܬܲܘܵܢܵܐ.
    haw ìlēh parṣōpā imˀāyā d-ˁāḇēr b-gaw tawwānā.
    He is the hundredth person to enter the room.
  2. centigrade, centesimal, celsius
    Coordinate terms: ܦ̮ܲܗܪܸܢܗܵܝܬ (fahrinhāyt, Fahrenheit), ܟܹܠܒ݂ܝܼܢ (kēlḇīn, kelvin)
    ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܓܵܠܕ݂ܝܼ ܒܨܝܼܦܲܪ ܕܲܪ̈ܓ݂ܹܐ ܐܸܡܐܵܝܹ̈ܐ
    mayyā kē gālḏī b-ṣīpar darḡē imˀāyē
    Water freezes at zero degrees celsius

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔɪmməʔajjeː]
  • (Urmia) IPA(key): [ʔɪm.majjeː]

Noun

ܐܸܡܐܲܝܹ̈ܐ • (imˀayyēm pl

  1. hundreds (of something); indicates an indefinite number approximately between a hundred and a thousand