ܚܫܘܒܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Tool noun coined from ܚܵܫܹܒ݂ (ḥāšēḇ, “to think, compute”) as substitute for the more common Anglicism ܟܘܿܡܦܝܘܼܬܸܪ (kōmpyūtir); compare similar in Arabic حَاسُوب (ḥāsūb) and Hebrew מַחְשֵׁב (makhshév).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܵܐ • (ḥāšōḇā) m sg (plural ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (ḥāšōḇē))
- computer (programmable electronic device)
- ܥܵܠܡܲܢ ܦܝܼܫܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܡܪܘܼܩܡܵܐ، ܦܘܼܠܚܵܢܲܢ̈ ܟܹܐ ܦܵܝܫܝܼ ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܥܲܠ ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܵܐ ܚܠܵܦ ܟܬܵܒ݂ܵܐ.
- ˁālman pīšā ìlēh mruqmā, pulḥānan kē pāyšī ˁḇīḏē ˁal ḥāšōḇā ḥlāp ktāḇā.
- Our world has become digitised, work is now done on a computer instead of a book.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ (ḥāšōḇ) | 1st person | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܝܼ (ḥāšōḇī) | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܲܢ (ḥāšōḇan) | |||
| construct | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ (ḥāšōḇ) | 2nd person | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (ḥāšōḇōḵ) | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥāšōḇāḵ) | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥāšōḇawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥāšōḇā) | 3rd person | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܹܗ (ḥāšōḇēh) | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܵܗ̇ (ḥāšōḇāh) | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܗܘܿܢ (ḥāšōḇhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܝܼ̈ܢ (ḥāšōḇīn) | 1st person | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܝܼ̈ (ḥāšōḇī) | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܲܢ̈ (ḥāšōḇan) | |||
| construct | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܲܝ̈ (ḥāšōḇay) | 2nd person | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ḥāšōḇōḵ) | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥāšōḇāḵ) | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥāšōḇawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (ḥāšōḇē) | 3rd person | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ḥāšōḇūh) | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (ḥāšōḇōh) | ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (ḥāšōḇayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܬܵܐ (ḥāšōḇtā, “calculator”)
- ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܵܐ ܠܘܼܚܵܝܵܐ (ḥāšōḇā luḥḥāyā, “tablet computer”)
- ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܵܐ ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܝܵܐ (ḥāšōḇā maḵtḇāyā, “desktop computer”)
- ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܵܐ ܡܸܫܬܲܢܝܵܢܵܐ (ḥāšōḇā mištanyānā, “laptop”)
- ܛܘܼܝܵܠ ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܵܐ (ṭūyāl ḥāšōḇā, “computer game”)
- ܝܘܼܠܦܵܢ ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܵܐ (yulpān ḥāšōḇā, “computer science”)