-ܐܝܬ

See also: ܐܝܬ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔiθː]

Suffix

-ܐܝܬ • (-ʾīt)

1. Used to form adverbs from nouns or adjectives.

   ‎ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܝܵܐ (ḥārāyā, “final”) + ‎-ܐܝܬ݂ (-ʾīṯ) → ‎ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (ḥārāīṯ, “finally”)

   ‎ܟܝܵܢܵܐ (kyānā, “nature”) + ‎-ܐܝܬ݂ (-ʾīṯ) → ‎ܟܝܵܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (kyānāīṯ, “naturally”)

   ‎ܚܹܐܪܵܐ (ḥērā, “free”) + ‎-ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-ʾīṯ) → ‎ܚܹܐܪܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (ḥērāīṯ, “freely”)

   ‎ܦܲܪܨܘܿܦܵܐ (parṣōpā, “person”) + ‎-ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-ʾīṯ) → ‎ܦܲܪܨܘܿܦܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (parṣōpāīṯ, “personally”)

2. (formal) to, toward, in the direction of, -ward used only with inherently directional nouns

   ‎ܝܲܡܝܼܢܵܐ (yamīnā, “right”) + ‎-ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-ʾīṯ) → ‎ܝܲܡܝܼܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (yamīnāīṯ, “rightward”)

   ‎ܣܸܡܵܠܵܐ (simmālā, “left”) + ‎-ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-ʾīṯ) → ‎ܣܸܡܵܠܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (simmālāīṯ, “leftward”)

   ‎ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā, “north”) + ‎-ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-ʾīṯ) → ‎ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (garbyāīṯ, “northward”)

   ‎ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā, “south”) + ‎-ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-ʾīṯ) → ‎ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (taymnāīṯ, “southward”)

   ‎ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (madnḥā, “east”) + ‎-ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-ʾīṯ) → ‎ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (madnḥāīṯ, “eastward”)

   ‎ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā, “west”) + ‎-ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-ʾīṯ) → ‎ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (maˁrḇāīṯ, “westward”)

3. Used to form proper nouns denoting languages.

   ‎ܣܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (surrāyā, “Assyrian”) + ‎-ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-ʾīt) → ‎ܣܘܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (sūrāīṯ, “Assyrian language”, literally “Assyrianly”)

   ‎ܥܵܪܵܒܵܝܵܐ (ˁārābāyā, “Arab”) + ‎-ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-ʾīt) → ‎ܥܵܪܵܒܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (ˁārābāīṯ, “Arabic language”, literally “Arabicly”)

   ‎ܩܘܼܪܕܵܝܵܐ (qurdāyā, “Kurd”) + ‎-ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-ʾīt) → ‎ܩܘܼܪܕܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (qurdāīṯ, “Kurdish language”, literally “Kurdishly”)

   ‎ܦܵܪܣܵܝܵܐ (pārsāyā, “Persian”) + ‎-ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-ʾīt) → ‎ܦܵܪܣܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (pārsāīṯ, “Persian language”, literally “Persianly”)

   ‎ܥܸܒ݂ܪܵܝܵܐ (ˁiḇrāyā, “Hebrew”) + ‎-ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-ʾīt) → ‎ܥܸܒ݂ܪܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (ˁiḇrāīṯ, “Hebrew language”, literally “Hebrewly”)

   ‎ܝܵܘܢܵܝܵܐ (yāwnāyā, “Greek”) + ‎-ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-ʾīt) → ‎ܝܵܘܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (yāwnāīṯ, “Greek language”, literally “Greekly”)

Derived terms

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms suffixed with -ܐܝܬ