ܪܘܚܢܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From ܪܘܼܚܵܐ (rūḥā, “spirit”) + -ܢܝܐ (-ānāyā, the intensitive attributive adjective ending); compare Arabic رُوحَانِيّ (rūḥāniyy) and Hebrew רוּחָנִי (rukhaní). The final sense is a semantic loan from Arabic.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ruːxɑːnɑːjɑː]
Adjective
ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܵܐ • (rūḥānāyā) (feminine ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ (rūḥānāytā), plural ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܹܐ (rūḥānāyē))
- spiritual, immaterial, spiritualistic, incorporeal, ghostly, animistic
- divine, sacred, holy, numinous
- alcoholic, spirituous, vinous
- (phonetics) sibilant
- Synonym: ܡܲܫܪܩܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mašrqānīṯā)
Derived terms
- ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (rūḥānāˀīṯ, “spiritually”)
- ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (rūḥānāyūṯā, “spirituality”)
- ܐܵܬܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ (ātūṯā rūḥānāytā, “sibilant letter”)
- ܓܸܕ݂ܫܵܐ ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܵܐ (giḏšā rūḥānāyā, “spiritual phenomenon”)
- ܕܲܘܩܵܐ ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܵܐ (dawqā rūḥānāyā, “prelate”)
- ܙܡܵܪܬܵܐ ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ (zmārtā rūḥānāytā, “spiritual song”)
- ܚܘܼܕܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܵܐ (ḥuddāṯā rūḥānāyā, “spiritual rebirth, spiritual renewal”)
- ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܹܐ (ḥayyē rūḥānāyē, “spiritual life”)
Noun
ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܵܐ • (rūḥānāyā) m (plural ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܹܐ (rūḥānāyē), feminine ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ (rūḥānāytā))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝ (rūḥānāy) | 1st person | ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܝܼ (rūḥānāyī) | ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܲܢ (rūḥānāyan) | |||
| construct | ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝ (rūḥānāy) | 2nd person | ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (rūḥānāyōḵ) | ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (rūḥānāyāḵ) | ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rūḥānāyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܵܐ (rūḥānāyā) | 3rd person | ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܹܗ (rūḥānāyēh) | ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܵܗ̇ (rūḥānāyāh) | ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܗܘܿܢ (rūḥānāyhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܝܼܢ (rūḥānāyīn) | 1st person | ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܝܼ (rūḥānāyī) | ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܲܢ (rūḥānāyan) | |||
| construct | ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܲܝ (rūḥānāyay) | 2nd person | ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (rūḥānāyōḵ) | ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (rūḥānāyāḵ) | ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rūḥānāyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܹܐ (rūḥānāyē) | 3rd person | ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܘܼܗܝ (rūḥānāyūh) | ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܘܼܗ̇ (rūḥānāyōh) | ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܲܝܗܘܿܢ (rūḥānāyayhōn) | |||