ܒܠܘܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [bɑːloːnɑː]
Noun
ܒܵܠܘܿܢܵܐ • (bālōnā) m sg or f (plural ܒܵܠܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ (bālōnē))
- balloon (inflatable and buoyant object; child’s toy)
- ܢܦܝܼܚ ܠܲܢ ܒܵܠܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܟܠܵܝܗܝ ܓܵܘܢܹ̈ܐ ܩܵܐ ܙܘܼܝܵܚܵܐ.
- npīḥ lan bālōnē d-kullāyh gāwnē qā zuyyāḥā.
- We blew up balloons of all colours for the celebration.
- hot-air balloon (inflatable object to transport people through the air)
- ܚܙܘܼܩܝܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܒܵܠܘܿܢܵܐ ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܕܚܵܙܹܝܬ ܒܟܠܵܗ̇ ܡܕܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ.
- ḥzuqyā ˁal bālōnā aykā d-ḥāzēt b-kullāh mdītā.
- A trip on a hot-air balloon where you can see the whole city.
Usage notes
- (hot-air balloon): Assyrian Neo-Aramaic speakers sometimes treat this term as if it were grammatically female, because vehicles such as ܪܲܕܵܝܬܵܐ (raddāytā, “car”) or ܛܲܝܵܣܬܵܐ (ṭayyāstā, “airplane”) are usually grammatically feminine.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܒܵܠܘܿܢ (bālōn) | 1st person | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܝܼ (bālōnī) | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܲܢ (bālōnan) | |||
| construct | ܒܵܠܘܿܢ (bālōn) | 2nd person | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܘܼܟ݂ (bālōnōḵ) | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܵܟ݂ܝ (bālōnāḵ) | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bālōnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܵܐ (bālōnā) | 3rd person | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܹܗ (bālōnēh) | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܵܗ̇ (bālōnāh) | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܗܘܿܢ (bālōnhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܝܼ̈ܢ (bālōnīn) | 1st person | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܝܼ̈ (bālōnī) | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܲܢ̈ (bālōnan) | |||
| construct | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܲܝ̈ (bālōnay) | 2nd person | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (bālōnōḵ) | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (bālōnāḵ) | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bālōnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ (bālōnē) | 3rd person | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (bālōnūh) | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (bālōnōh) | ܒܵܠܘܿܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (bālōnayhōn) | |||