ܟܘܫܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From ܟܘܼܫ (kūš, “Ethiopia, Cush”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ku.ˈʃɑːjɑː]
Adjective
ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܐ • (kuššāyā) (feminine ܟܘܼܫܵܝܬܵܐ (kūšāytā), plural ܟܘܼܫܵܝܹ̈ܐ (kūšāyē))
- Ethiopian (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian culture or people)
- Cushite, Kushite (of, from, or pertaining to Cush in ancient northeastern Africa)
- Cushitic (pertaining to the subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages)
Noun
ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܐ • (kuššāyā) m sg (plural ܟܘܼܫܵܝܹ̈ܐ (kūšāyē), feminine ܟܘܼܫܵܝܬܵܐ (kūšāytā))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܘܼܫܵܝ (kūšāy) | 1st person | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܝܼ (kūšāyī) | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܲܢ (kūšāyan) | |||
| construct | ܟܘܼܫܵܝ (kūšāy) | 2nd person | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (kūšāyōḵ) | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (kūšāyāḵ) | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kūšāyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܐ (kuššāyā) | 3rd person | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܹܗ (kūšāyēh) | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܗ̇ (kūšāyāh) | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܗܘܿܢ (kūšāyhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܝܼ̈ܢ (kūšāyīn) | 1st person | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܝܼ̈ (kūšāyī) | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܲܢ̈ (kūšāyan) | |||
| construct | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܲܝ̈ (kūšāyay) | 2nd person | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (kūšāyōḵ) | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (kūšāyāḵ) | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kūšāyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܹ̈ܐ (kūšāyē) | 3rd person | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܘܼ̈ܗܝ (kūšāyūh) | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (kūšāyōh) | ܟܘܼܫܵܝܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (kūšāyayhōn) | |||