ܚܘܘܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic[edit]

FWOTD – 6 March 2018
ܚܘܘܐ (1)
ܚܘܘܐ (2)

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From חִיוֵי (ḥəwē)/ܚܘܹܐ (ḥwē), the absolute form of Aramaic חֶוְיָא (ḥewyā, “snake”); compare Lishana Deni כוויה (xuwwe), Classical Syriac ܚܘܝܐ (ḥewyā) and Arabic حَيَّة (ḥayya).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈxuwːweː]
  • (Ashiret, Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ˈxuː.wä], [ˈxʊw.wä], [ˈxuː.we], [ˈxʊw.we]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ˈxuː.vɒ], [ˈxuː.vi]

Noun[edit]

ܚܘܼܘܹܐ • (ḥūwē) m sg (plural ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (ḥūwāṯē), feminine ܚܘܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥwāwīṯā))

  1. snake, serpent
  2. thong (of a bullwhip)
  3. (pathology) pediculosis

Proper noun[edit]

ܚܘܼܘܹܐ • (ḥūwē) m

  1. (figuratively) Satan

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of ܚܘܼܘܹܐ (ḥūwē)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܚܘܼܘܝܼ
(ḥūwī) 		ܚܘܼܘܲܢ
(ḥūwan)
construct ܚܸܘܘܲܝ
(ḥiwway) 		2nd person ܚܘܘܘܼܟ݂
(ḥwwūḵ) 		ܚܘܼܘܵܟ݂ܝ
(ḥūwāḵ) 		ܚܘܼܘܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(ḥūwāwḵōn)
emphatic ܚܘܼܘܹܐ
(ḥūwē) 		3rd person ܚܘܼܘܘܼܗ̇ܝ
(ḥūwūwaya) 		ܚܘܼܘܘܿܗ̇
(ḥūwōh) 		ܚܘܼܘܗܘܿܢ
(ḥūwhōn)
plural absolute – 1st person ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈
(ḥūwāṯī) 		ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈
(ḥūwāṯan)
construct ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂
(ḥūwāṯ) 		2nd person ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(ḥūwāṯūḵ) 		ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(ḥūwāṯāḵ) 		ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(ḥūwāṯāwḵōn)
emphatic ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ
(ḥūwāṯē) 		3rd person ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ
(ḥūwāṯēh) 		ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇
(ḥūwāṯāh) 		ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(ḥūwāṯhōn)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “ܚܘܼܘܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2016 March 20 (last accessed)
  • “ܚܘܼܘܹܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2022 December 8 (last accessed)
  • Kalašev, A. (1894) “х̔уввӓ”, in Русско-айсорский и айсорско-русский словарь (Сборник материалов для описания местностей и племен Кавказа; 20), Tiflis, page 392a
  • Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܚܘܼܘܵܐ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 94a
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