ܫܠܝܛ ܒܝܬܗ

Literally, “Ruling by essence”.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʃalliːtˤ‿bəjɑːθeːh]

ܫܲܠܝܼܛ ܒܝܵܬ݂ܹܗ • (šalīṭ byāṯēh) (feminine ܫܲܠܝܼܛܲܬ݂ ܒܝܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (šalīṭaṯ byāṯāh), plural ܫܲܠܝܼܛܲܝ̈ ܒܝܵܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (šalīṭay byāṯhōn))

1. independent

   ܐܘܼܚܕܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܡܚܘܼܝܕ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܕܐܵܡܹܝܪܟܵܐ ܗܸܘܝܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ ܫܲܠܝܼܛ ܒܝܵܬ݂ܹܗ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܡܸܢ ܬܪܹܝܢ ܕܲܘܪܹ̈ܐ.

   uḥdānē mḥūyḏē d-āmērkā hiwyē ìnā aṯrā šalīṭ byāṯēh yatīr min trēn dawrē.

   The United States of America has been an independent country for over two centuries.

2. autonomous

   ܦܠܝܼܫ ܠܲܢ ܘܡܟܘܼܬܸܫ ܠܲܢ ܩܵܐ ܩܠܹܝܡܵܐ ܫܲܠܝܼܛ ܒܝܵܬ݂ܹܗ ܩܵܐ ܐܵܬ݂ܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܓܲܘ ܕܲܫܬܵܐ ܕܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ.

   plīš lan w-mkūtiš lan qā qlēmā šalīṭ byāṯēh qā āṯōrāyē gaw daštā d-nīnwē.

   We fought and struggled for an autonomous region for Assyrians in the Nineveh Plains.

• ܫܲܠܝܼܛܘܼܬ݂ ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (šalīṭūṯ yāṯā, “independence”)
• ܫܲܠܝܼܛܒܝܵܬ݂ܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (šalīṭbyāṯāˀīṯ, “independantly”)

• ܚܹܐܪܵܐ (ḥērā, “free”)