ܚܝܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Nominalized from the feminine form of the adjective ܚܲܝܵܐ (ḥayyā, “alive, living; raw”)
Pronunciation
Noun
ܚܲܝܬ݂ܵܐ • (ḥayṯā) f (plural ܚܲܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥayyāṯā))
- midwife
- Synonyms: ܡܝܲܠܕܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (myaldānīṯā), ܡܲܗܘܝܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mahwyānīṯā)
- woman in labor
- woman recently given birth (40 days ago or less)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܚܲܝܵܐ (ḥayyā) | 1st person | ܚܲܝܬ݂ܝܼ (ḥayṯī) | ܚܲܝܬ݂ܲܢ (ḥayṯan) | |||
| construct | ܚܲܝܲܬ݂ (ḥayyaṯ) | 2nd person | ܚܲܝܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (ḥayṯōḵ) | ܚܲܝܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥayṯāḵ) | ܚܲܝܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥayṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܲܝܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥayṯā) | 3rd person | ܚܲܝܬ݂ܹܗ (ḥayṯēh) | ܚܲܝܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (ḥayṯāh) | ܚܲܝܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (ḥayṯhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܚܲܝܵܢ̈ (ḥayyān) | 1st person | ܚܲܝܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (ḥayyāṯī) | ܚܲܝܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (ḥayyāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܚܲܝܵܬ݂̈ (ḥayyāṯ) | 2nd person | ܚܲܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ḥayyāṯōḵ) | ܚܲܝܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥayyāṯāḵ) | ܚܲܝܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥayyāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܲܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥayyāṯā) | 3rd person | ܚܲܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܹܗ (ḥayyāṯēh) | ܚܲܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (ḥayyāṯāh) | ܚܲܝܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (ḥayyāṯhōn) | |||
Adjective
ܚܲܝܬ݂ܵܐ • (ḥayṯā) (plural ܚܲܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥayyāṯā))