ܚܝܙܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Northern Kurdish خيز (xîz, “sand; gravel, pebble”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [xiːzɑː]
Noun
ܚܝܼܙܵܐ • (ḥīzā) m
- sand
- Synonym: ܚܵܠܵܐ (ḥālā)
- ܛܵܡܹܪ ܪܹܝܫܹܗ ܓܵܘ ܚܝܼܙܵܐ. ― ṭāmēr rēšēh gāw ḥīzā. ― Bury his head in the sand.
- ܒܵܢܲܚ ܩܲܨܪܹ̈ܐ ܕܚܝܼܙܵܐ. ― bānaḥ qaṣrē d-ḥīzā. ― Let’s build sandcastles.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܚܝܼܙ (ḥīz) | 1st person | ܚܝܼܙܝܼ (ḥīzī) | ܚܝܼܙܲܢ (ḥīzan) | |||
| construct | ܚܝܼܙ (ḥīz) | 2nd person | ܚܝܼܙܘܼܟ݂ (ḥīzōḵ) | ܚܝܼܙܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥīzāḵ) | ܚܝܼܙܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥīzawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܝܼܙܵܐ (ḥīzā) | 3rd person | ܚܝܼܙܹܗ (ḥīzēh) | ܚܝܼܙܵܗ̇ (ḥīzāh) | ܚܝܼܙܗܘܿܢ (ḥīzhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܚܝܼܙܝܼ̈ܢ (ḥīzīn) | 1st person | ܚܝܼܙܝܼ̈ (ḥīzī) | ܚܝܼܙܲܢ̈ (ḥīzan) | |||
| construct | ܚܝܼܙܲܝ̈ (ḥīzay) | 2nd person | ܚܝܼܙܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ḥīzōḵ) | ܚܝܼܙܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥīzāḵ) | ܚܝܼܙܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥīzawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܝܼܙܹ̈ܐ (ḥīzē) | 3rd person | ܚܝܼܙܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ḥīzūh) | ܚܝܼܙܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (ḥīzōh) | ܚܝܼܙܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (ḥīzayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܚܝܼܙܵܢܵܐ (ḥīzānā, “sandy”)
- ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܚܝܼܙܵܝܬܵܐ (šāˁṯā ḥīzāytā, “hourglass”)