ܫܥܬ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܫ ܥ ܬ (š ˁ t)
4 terms

Derived from nouns and adjectives of the root ܫܵܥܹܥ (šāˁēˁ, to smooth), related in derived meanings to wax and to the color yellow.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃaːʕeːθ]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʃaʔɪθ]

Verb

ܫܵܥܹܬ݂ • (šāˁēṯ) (present participle ܫܥܵܬ݂ܵܐ (šˁāṯā), past participle ܫܥܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (šˁīṯā))

  1. (intransitive) to yellow
    ܫܥܝܼܬ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ ܐܘܼܪܩܲܥܬ݂ܵܐšˁīṯ lāh urqaˁṯāThe piece of paper yellowed
Conjugation

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈʃɑːʕaθ.]

Noun

ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ • (šāˁaṯ) f sg (plural ܫܵܥܲܝ̈ (šāʿay))

  1. singular construct state of ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ (šāˁṯā, hour; clock)
  2. (by extension) The time
    ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ ܟܡܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇؟šāˁaṯ kmā ìlāh?What time is it? (literally, “the hour of how much is it?”)
    ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ ܬܡܵܢܹܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇.šāˁaṯ tmānē ìlāh.It’s eight o’clock. (literally, “It is the hour of eight.”)
    ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ ܫܒ݂ܲܥ ܘܥܸܣܪܝܼ ܘܬܸܫܥܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇.šāˁaṯ šḇaˁ w-ˁisrī w-tišˁā ìlāh.It’s seven twenty-nine. (literally, “It is the hour of seven and twenty-nine.”)
    ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ ܬܠܵܬ݂ ܘܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇.šāˁaṯ tlāṯ w-ruḇˁā ìlāh.It’s three fifteen. (literally, “It is the hour of three and a quarter.”)
    ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ ܚܕܲܥܸܣܪܹܐ ܘܦܲܠܓܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇.šāˁaṯ ḥdaˁisrē w-palgā ìlāh.It’s eleven thirty. (literally, “It is the hour of eleven and a half.”)
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