-ܘܬܐ

From Proto-Semitic *-at- as abstract/collective nouns-forming suffix; compare Hebrew ־וּת (-út) and Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [uːθɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [uːθɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [uːtɑː]

-ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (-ūṯā) (plural -ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (-wāṯā) or -ܘܼܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūyāṯā) or -ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (-awwāṯā))

2. -ness, -ity, -ism, -hood suffix forming abstract nouns, from adjectives and other words.

   ‎ܪܲܒܵܐ (rabbā, “great”) + ‎-ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūṯā) → ‎ܪܲܒܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (rabūṯā, “greatness”)

   ‎ܡܸܫܬܲܐܠܵܢܵܐ (mištaˀlānā, “responsible”) + ‎-ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūṯā) → ‎ܡܸܫܬܲܐܠܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mištaˀlānūṯā, “responsibility”)

   ‎ܒܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (brīṯā, “creation”) + ‎-ܢܝܐ (-ānāyā) + ‎-ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūṯā) → ‎ܒܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (brīṯānāyūṯā, “creationism”)

   ‎ܐܲܚܵܐ (aḥḥā, “brother”) + ‎-ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūṯā) → ‎ܐܲܚܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (aḥūṯā, “brotherhood”)

   ‎ܚܹܐܪܵܐ (ḥērā, “free”) + ‎-ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūṯā) → ‎ܚܹܐܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥērūṯā, “freedom”)

   ‎ܡܲܠܟܵܐ (malkā, “king”) + ‎-ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūṯā) → ‎ܡܲܠܟܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (malkūṯā, “kingdom”)

   ‎ܫܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (šaḇrā, “child”) + ‎-ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūṯā) → ‎ܫܲܒ݂ܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (šaḇrūṯā, “childhood”)

   ‎ܚܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (ḥaḇrā, “friend”) + ‎-ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūṯā) → ‎ܚܲܒ݂ܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥaḇrūṯā, “friendship”)

• The plural -ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (-wāṯā) becomes -ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (-awwāṯā) if the word ends with ܝ, or ܘ:

  ‎ܣܸܡܝܵܐ (simyā, “blind”) + ‎-ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūṯā) → ‎ܣܸܡܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (simyūṯā, “blindness”), ܣܸܡ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (simyawwāṯā, “blindnesses”)

  ‎ܢܒ݂ܝܼܵܐ (nḇīyā, “prophet”) + ‎-ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūṯā) → ‎ܢܒ݂ܝܼܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (nḇīyūṯā, “prophesy”), ܢܒ݂̈ܝܼܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (nḇīyawwāṯā, “prophesies”)