ܥܕ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic עַד (ʿaḏ); compare cognate with Hebrew עַד ('ád), Akkadian 𒀀𒁲 (adi), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎄 (ʿd) and attested Arabic عَتَّى (ʕattā).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʕað.]
  • (Urmia) IPA(key): [ʔad.]

Preposition

ܥܲܕ݂ • (ˁaḏ)

  1. until, till, up until, up to, as far as
  2. by (a time): before or on
  3. to: used in expressing a range

Derived terms

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew עַד (ʿaḏ, until).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ʕað]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ʕað]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ʕɑð]

Preposition

ܥܕ • (ʿaḏ)

  1. until, up to, as far as
  2. during

Conjunction

ܥܕ • (ʿaḏ)

  1. until, till, up to
    • Peshitta, 1 Timothy 4:13:
      ܥܕ ܐܬܐ ܐܢܐ ܐܬܚܦܛ ܒܩܪܝܢܐ ܘܒܒܥܘܬܐ ܘܒܝܘܠܦܢܐ.
      ʿaḏ ʾāṯē-nā ʾeṯḥappaṭ bə-qeryānā wa-ḇə-ḇāʿūṯā wa-ḇə-yūlpānā.
      Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
  2. while, whilst, as long as
  3. before

Adverb

ܥܕ • (ʿaḏ)

  1. (followed by ܩܠܝܠ (qallīl)) almost, nearly

Derived terms

References

  • ˁd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 6 July 2021
  • ˁd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 6 July 2021
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 244a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 400a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, pages 1069a–b