ܝܠܝܕܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Passive participle of the verb ܝܵܠܹܕ݂ (yālēḏ, “to birth; to give birth to”); compare Arabic وَلِيد (walīd) and Hebrew יָלִיד (yalíd).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ܝܠܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ • (līḏā) (feminine ܝܠܝܼܕܬܵܐ (līdtā), plural ܝܠܝܼ̈ܕ݂ܹܐ (līḏē))
- born, native
- ܦܝܼܫ ܠܝܼ ܝܠܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ ܐܵܟ݂ܵܐ. ― pīš lī līḏā āḵā. ― I was born here.
- ܐܵܦܸܢ ܝܠܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܒܓܵܠܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ، ܡܩܘܼܒܸܠ ܠܹܗ ܒܲܪܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܣܵܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ.
- āpin līḏā ìwā b-gālūṯā, mqūbil lēh barˀaṯrāyūṯā min sāḇūh.
- Although he was born in the diaspora, he received citizenship through his grandparents.
Derived terms
- ܝܼܠܝܼܕ݂ܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (īlīḏāˀīṯ, “by birth”)
- ܝܼܠܝܼܕ݂ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (īlīḏūṯā, “birth”)