ܣܢܝܩܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic[edit]

Root
ܣ ܢ ܩ (s n q)
3 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Aramaic סְנִיקָא (snīqā, lacking, needful)

Adjective[edit]

ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ (snīqā) (feminine ܣܢܝܼܩܬܵܐ (snīqtā), plural ܣܢܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ (snīqē))

  1. lacking, needful, needing, in need
    ܫܘܼܟܸܢܝܼ ܠܒ݂ܘܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܕܒܪܘܿܢܝܼ ܟܒ݂ܲܪ ܓܘܼܪܘܸܣ ܠܹܗ ܝܲܬܝܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ ܠܝܵܠܹ̈ܕ݇ܐ ܣܢܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ ܘܡܸܣܟܹܝܢܹ̈ܐ.
    šūkinī lḇūšē d-brōnī kḇar gūrwis lēh yatīrāˀīt l-yālē snīqē w-miskēnē.
    I donated the clothes my son outgrew to help children in need and poor.
  2. to need (with ܠ- (l-) or ܥܲܠ (ˁal))
    ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܥܲܠ ܥܘܼܕܪܵܢܵܐ؟snīqā ìwet ˁal ˁudrānā?Do you need help?
    ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ ܠܟܬܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܚܲܕܬܵܐbit hāwē snīqā l-ktāḇā ḥadtāI will need a new book.
    ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܐܝܼܬ ܫܩܝܼܠ ܠܲܢ ܣܘܼܦܩܵܢܵܐ ܕܪܵܒܵܐ ܣܢܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܒܩܲܝܛܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ.
    ḥārāˀīt šqīl lan supqānā d-rābā snīqē ìwaḥ wā b-qayṭā d-ˁḇīrēh.
    We finally took the vacation we were really needing last summer.
    • 1 Corinthians 12:21:
      ܥܲܝܢܵܐ ܠܹܐ ܡܵܨܝܵܐ ܐܵܡܪܵܐ ܠܐܝܼܕܵܐ: «ܠܹܐ ܝܘܵܢ ܣܢܝܼܩܬܵܐ ܐܸܠܵܟ݂ܝ»؛ ܘܪܹܝܫܵܐ ܠܹܐ ܡܵܨܹܐ ܐܵܡܹܪ ܠܪܸܓ݂ܠܵܐ: «ܠܹܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ ܐܸܠܵܟ݂ܝ».
      ˁaynā lē māṣyā āmrā l-īdā: “lē ìwān snīqtā illāḵ”; w-rēšā lē māṣē āmēr l-riḡlā: “lē ìwen snīqā illāḵ”.
      The eye cannot say to the hand: “I do not need you”; nor again the head to the foot: “I do not need you.”

Usage notes[edit]

  • (to need): While ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ (snīqā) is an adjective, it is used in much the same way as a present-tense verb.

Related terms[edit]

  • ܣܵܢܹܩ (sānēq, to require, be necessary, be in need)