ܢܒܓܐ ܙܥܘܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Partial calque of French petit-fils

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [noːɡɑː‿zəʕoːrɑː]

Noun

ܢܵܒ݂ܓܵܐ ܙܥܘܿܪܵܐ • (nāḇgā zˁōrā) m (plural ܢܵܒ݂ܓܹ̈ܐ ܙܥܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ (nāḇgē zˁōrē), feminine ܢܵܒ݂ܓܬܵܐ ܙܥܘܿܪܬܵܐ (nāḇgtā zˁōrtā))

  1. great-grandson (the son of one's grandchild)

Usage notes

Additional instances of “ܙܥܘܿܪܵܐ (zˁōrā)” at the end can be prepended to the term, each indicating one further generation of ancestry. For large numbers of generations a number can be substituted, for example, “ܢܵܒ݂ܓܵܐ ܙܥܘܿܪܵܐ ܕܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ (“four-times-great-grandson”)”

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