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ܐܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Root
ܐ ܚ ܐ (ˀ ḥ ˀ)
4 terms

Etymology

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From Aramaic אֲחָא (ʾăḥā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫw-; compare Arabic أَخ (ʔaḵ), Hebrew אָח ('ákh) and Akkadian 𒋀 (aḫum)

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔaxɑː]

Noun

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ܐܲܚܵܐ • (aḥḥā) m sg (plural ܐܲܚ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (aḥwāṯē) or ܐܲܚ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (aḥḥawāṯā), feminine ܚܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥāṯā))

  1. brother (male sibling having parents in common)
    ܘܵܠܹܐ ܕܡܲܟ̰ܫ݇ܚܸܢ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܚܝܼ، ܩܸܡ ܡܛܲܠܩܸܢ ܠܹܗ. ― wālē d-mačḥin lēh aḥī, qim mṭalqin lēh. ― I have to find my brother, I lost him.
    ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ ܐܲܚܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܣܘܲܝܕ݂ ܘܚܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܐܲܠܡܵܢܝܼܵܐ. ― īṯ lāh aḥḥā gāw swayḏ w-ḥāṯā gāw almānīyā. ― She has a brother in Sweden and a sister in Germany.
    • Proverbs 17:17:
      ܚܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܒܟܠ ܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܡܲܚܸܒ، ܘܐܲܚܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ ܕܐܘܼܠܨܵܢܵܐ ܦܝܼܫܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܝܠܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ.
      ḥaḇrā b-kul zaḇnā kē maḥḥib, w-aḥḥā qā ˁiddānā d-ulṣānā pīšā ìlēh līḏā.
      A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
  2. (in the plural) siblings
  3. kinsman, friend, companion
  4. monk, friar
  5. (in the first-person possessive form) Respectful term of address to a male around one’s own age or slightly younger (see usage notes below)

Usage notes

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  • This term on its own is used both literally and figuratively; including full brothers, half-brothers and step-brothers.
  • (term of address) The term used by old individuals to a male a lot younger than them is ܒܪܘܿܢܝܼ (brōnī, literally “My son”), and not this term.

Inflection

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    Inflection of ܐܲܚܵܐ (aḥḥā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܐܲܚ
(aḥ) 		1st person ܐܲܚܝܼ
(aḥī) 		ܐܲܚܘܼܢ
(aḥūn)
construct ܐܲܚܘܼ
(aḥū) 		2nd person ܐܲܚܘܼܟ݂
(aḥūḵ) 		ܐܲܚܘܼܟ݂ܝ
(aḥūḵ) 		ܐܲܚܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(aḥḥāwḵōn)
emphatic ܐܲܚܵܐ
(aḥḥā) 		3rd person ܐܲܚܘܼܗܝ
(aḥūh) 		ܐܲܚܘܿܗ̇
(aḥḥōh) 		ܐܲܚܘܼܗܘܿܢ
(aḥūhōn)
plural absolute ܐܲܚܝܼ̈ܢ
(aḥīn) 		1st person ܐܲܚܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈
(aḥwāṯī) 		ܐܲܚܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈
(aḥwāṯan)
construct ܐܲܚ̈ܘܵܬ݂
(aḥwāṯ) 		2nd person ܐܲܚܘܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(aḥwāṯūḵ) 		ܐܲܚܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(aḥwāṯāḵ) 		ܐܲܚܘܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(aḥwāṯāwḵōn)
emphatic ܐܲܚ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ
(aḥwāṯē) 		3rd person ܐܲܚ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ
(aḥwāṯēh) 		ܐܲܚ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇
(aḥwāṯāh) 		ܐܲܚܘܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(aḥwāṯhōn)

Derived terms

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḫ-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʔăħɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔăħe] (plural)

Noun

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ܐܚܐ • (ʾăḥā) m (plural ܐܚܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܬܐ)

  1. brother
  2. (in the plural) siblings
  3. kinsman, friend, companion
  4. peer, colleague, associate
  5. neighbour
  6. monk, friar

Usage notes

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The word ܐܚܐ is one of only three nouns in the entire language that have an irregular possessive stem ending in the letter Waw; the other two being ܐܒܐ (ʾăḇāʾ, “father”) and ܚܡܐ (ḥəmā, “father-in-law”).

Inflection

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    declension of ܐܚܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܐܚ ܐܚܝܢ
construct ܐܚ ܐܚܝ
emphatic ܐܚܐ ܐܚܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܐܚܝ ܐܚܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܐܚܘܟ ܐܚܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܐܚܘܟܝ ܐܚܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܐܚܘܗܝ ܐܚܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܐܚܘܗ ܐܚܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܐܚܘܢ ܐܚܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܐܚܘܟܘܢ ܐܚܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܐܚܘܟܝܢ ܐܚܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܐܚܘܗܘܢ ܐܚܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܐܚܘܗܝܢ ܐܚܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

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References

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  • “ˀḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-15
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 5a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 9b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 25a
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