ܗܝܟܕܗܝܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from ܗܝ (hī, “she”) +‎ ܟܲܕ݂ (kaḏ, “while; just as”) +‎ ܗܝ (hī, “she”) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [hiːxad.hiːjɑːjɑː]

Adjective

ܗܝܼܟ݂ܲܕܗܝܼܵܝܵܐ • (hīḵadhīyāyā) (feminine ܗܝܼܟ݂ܲܕܗܝܼܵܝܬܵܐ (hīḵadhīyāytā), plural ܗܝܼܟ݂ܲܕܗܝܼܵܝܹ̈ܐ (hīḵadhīyāyē))

  1. identical
    ܬܸܪܘܵܝܗܝ ܬܐܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ ܗܝܼܟ݂ܲܕܗܝܼܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ.
    tirwāyh tˀōmē hīḵadhīyāyē ìnā.
    The two of them are identical twins.

Derived terms

  • ܗܝܼܟ݂ܲܕܗܝܼܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (hīḵadhīyāˀīṯ, “identically”)
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