ܚܘܘܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
FWOTD – 6 March 2018
Alternative forms
- ܚܸܘܹܐ (ḥiwwē)
Etymology
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
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ˈxuwːweː]
- (Ashiret, Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ˈxuː.wä], [ˈxʊw.wä], [ˈxuː.we], [ˈxʊw.we]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [ˈxuː.vɒ], [ˈxuː.vi]
Noun
ܚܸܘܘܹܐ or ܚܘܼܘܹܐ • (ḥiwwē or ḥūwē) m (plural ܚܸ̈ܘܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥiwwawāṯā), feminine ܚܘܲܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥwawīṯā))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܚܸܘܘܝܼܢ (ḥiwwīn) | 1st person | ܚܸܘܘܝܼ (ḥiwwī) | ܚܸܘܘܲܢ (ḥiwwan) | |||
| construct | ܚܸܘܘܲܝ (ḥiwway) | 2nd person | ܚܸܘܘܘܼܟ݂ (ḥiwwōḵ) | ܚܸܘܘܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥiwwāḵ) | ܚܸܘܘܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥiwwawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܸܘܘܹܐ (ḥiwwē) | 3rd person | ܚܸܘܘܘܼܗܝ (ḥiwwūh) | ܚܸܘܘܘܼܗ̇ (ḥiwwōh) | ܚܸܘܘܲܝܗܘܿܢ (ḥiwwayhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܚܸܘܲܘܵܢ̈ (ḥiwwawān) | 1st person | ܚܸܘܲܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (ḥiwwawāṯī) | ܚܸܘܲܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (ḥiwwawāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܚܸܘܲܘܵܬ݂̈ (ḥiwwawāṯ) | 2nd person | ܚܸܘܲܘܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ḥiwwawāṯōḵ) | ܚܸܘܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥiwwawāṯāḵ) | ܚܸܘܲܘܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥiwwawāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܸ̈ܘܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥiwwawāṯā) | 3rd person | ܚܸ̈ܘܲܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ (ḥiwwawāṯēh) | ܚܸ̈ܘܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (ḥiwwawāṯāh) | ܚܸܘܲܘܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (ḥiwwawāṯhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܚܸܘܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥiwwīṯā, “small snake”)
- ܚܸܘܝܘܿܢܵܐ (ḥiwyōnā, “small snake”)
- ܚܸܘܝܵܝܵܐ (ḥiwyāyā, “snake-like, serpentine”)
Proper noun
ܚܸܘܘܹܐ • (ḥiwwē) m
- (figuratively) Satan
References
- “ܚܘܼܘܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 20 March 2016 (last accessed)
- “ܚܘܼܘܹܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 8 December 2022 (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