ܐܣܛܘܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From a variant of Aramaic אִיסְטְוָונָא (ʾesṭwānā, “column, pillar”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (stwn' /stūn/, “column, pillar”); also borrowed into Arabic أُسْطُوَانَة (ʔusṭuwāna).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.stˤoːnɑ]
Noun
ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܐ • (isṭōnā) m sg (plural ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ (isṭōnē))
- column, pillar
- (geometry) cylinder
- (by extension, mechanics) cylinder: a cylindrical space in which a piston moves.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢ (isṭōn) | 1st person | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܝܼ (isṭōnī) | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܲܢ (isṭōnan) | |||
| construct | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢ (isṭōn) | 2nd person | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܘܼܟ݂ (isṭōnōḵ) | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܟ݂ܝ (isṭōnāḵ) | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (isṭōnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܐ (isṭōnā) | 3rd person | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܹܗ (isṭōnēh) | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܗ̇ (isṭōnāh) | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܗܘܿܢ (isṭōnhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܝܼ̈ܢ (isṭōnīn) | 1st person | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܝܼ̈ (isṭōnī) | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܲܢ̈ (isṭōnan) | |||
| construct | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܲܝ̈ (isṭōnay) | 2nd person | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (isṭōnōḵ) | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (isṭōnāḵ) | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (isṭōnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ (isṭōnē) | 3rd person | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (isṭōnūh) | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (isṭōnōh) | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (isṭōnayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܝܵܐ (isṭōnāyā, “cylindrical”)