ܝܠܕܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܘ ܠ ܕ (w l d)
10 terms

Derived as a feminine form of ܝܲܠܕܵܐ (yaldā, “boy, male child”) which has a variant also proposed to be borrowed from Arabic عِيَال (ʕiyāl, “children”); compare Hebrew יַלְדָּה (yaldá).

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA^(key): [jɑld.tɑː]
(Urmia) IPA^(key): [jɑl.tɑː]

Noun

ܝܲܠܕܬܵܐ • (yaldtā) f (plural ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (yaldāṯē) or ܝܲܠܕܹ̈ܐ (yaldē), masculine ܝܲܠܕܵܐ (yaldā))

girl, female child
ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܟܹܐ ܪܵܒ݂ܝܵܐ، ܝܲܠܕܬܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ.
īman d-kē rāḇyā, yaldtā bit pāyšā baḵtā.
When she grows up, the girl will become a woman.
woman as either a compliment or an insult

Inflection

Inflection of **ܝܲܠܕܬܵܐ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
	state	form	person	m	f	plural
singular	absolute	ܝܲܠܕܵܐ (yaldā)	1^st person	ܝܲܠܕܬܝܼ (yaldtī)		ܝܲܠܕܬܲܢ (yaldtan)
	construct	ܝܲܠܕܲܬ݂ (yaldaṯ)	2^nd person	ܝܲܠܕܬܘܼܟ݂ (yaldtōḵ)	ܝܲܠܕܬܵܟ݂ܝ (yaldtāḵ)	ܝܲܠܕܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yaldtawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܝܲܠܕܬܵܐ (yaldtā)	3^rd person	ܝܲܠܕܬܹܗ (yaldtēh)	ܝܲܠܕܬܵܗ̇ (yaldtāh)	ܝܲܠܕܬܗܘܿܢ (yaldthōn)
plural	absolute	ܝܲܠܕܵܢ̈ (yaldān)	1^st person	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (yaldāṯī)		ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (yaldāṯan)
	construct	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂̈ (yaldāṯ)	2^nd person	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (yaldāṯōḵ)	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (yaldāṯāḵ)	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yaldāṯawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܝܲܠܕ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (yaldāṯā)	3^rd person	ܝܲܠܕ̈ܵܬ݂ܹܗ (yaldāṯēh)	ܝܲܠܕ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (yaldāṯāh)	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (yaldāṯhōn)

Synonyms

ܒܪܵܬܵܐ (brātā, “daughter”), ܫܒ݂ܲܪܬܵܐ (šḇartā, “child”), ܥܠܲܝܡܬܵܐ (ˁlaymtā, “youth, young woman”)