ܡܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Alternative forms
- ܡܘܿ (mō)
Etymology
Compare Arabic مَا (mā), مَاذَا (māḏā) and Hebrew מָה (má).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [mɑː]
Pronoun
ܡܵܐ • (mā)
- (interrogative) what?
- ܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܫܸܡܘܼܟ݂؟ ― mā ìlēh šimmoḵ? ― What is your name?
- ܡܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܒܸܫܐܵܠܵܐ؟ ― mā ìwet bišˀālā? ― What are you asking?
- (relative) that which, what
- ܩܪܝܼ ܡܵܐ ܟܬ݂ܝܼܒ݂ ܠܝܼ. ― qrī mā kṯīḇ lī. ― Read what I wrote.
- ܟܹܐ ܝܵܕ݂ܥܹܢ ܡܵܐ ܓܵܘܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܡܲܦܠܚܸܢ.
- kē yāḏˁēn mā gāwnā bit maplḥin.
- I know what colour I will to use.
- ܡܵܐ ܟܸܣܦܵܐ ܕܩܵܢܹܝܢ، ܒܸܬ ܚܲܣܟ݂ܸܢ ܠܹܗ.
- mā kispā d-qānēn, bit ḥasḵin lēh.
- What money I earn, I will save it.
Derived terms
- ܡܵܗܵܐ (māhā)
- ܠܡܵܐ (lemā, “why”)
- ܟܠ ܡܵܐ (kul mā, “whatever”)
- ܡܵܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (mā lōḵ, “what's the matter with you”)
- ܡܵܐ ܡܸܢܘܼܟ݂ (mā minōḵ, “what's up, how are you”)
See also
Turoyo
Etymology 1
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Cardinal: ܡܐ (mo) Ordinal: ܕܰܡ ܡܐ (dam mo) |
From Aramaic מאא from Proto-Semitic *miʾat-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo/
Numeral
ܡܳܐ • (mo) ?
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me/
Preposition
ܡܶܐ • (me)
Derived terms
- ܡܰܝܟܐ (mayko, “from where”)