ܗܝܝܘܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from ܗܝ (, she) + ܗܝ ([h]ī, is) + -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā, the abstract noun ending).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [hi.jɑːˈjuːtɑː]

Noun

ܗܝܼܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ • (hīyāyūtā) f sg (plural ܗܝܼܵܝܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (hīyāywātē))

  1. identity
    ܗܝܼܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܡܠܘܿܐܵܐ ܡܥܲܩܕܵܐ.
    hīyāyūtā d-āšōrāyā ìlāh mlōˀā mˁaqdā.
    The identity of an Assyrian is a complex subject.
  2. identification documents
  3. (colloquial, metonymically) ID, identity card

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܗܝܼܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܓܸܢܣܵܝܬܵܐ (hīyāyūtā ginsāytā, gender identity)
  • ܐܲܠܝܼܨܘܼܬ ܗܝܼܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (alīṣūt hīyāyūtā, identity crisis)
  • ܓܲܢܵܒ݂ܘܼܬ ܗܝܼܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (gannāḇūt hīyāyūtā, identity theft)
  • ܟܪܲܛ ܗܝܼܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (kraṭ hīyāyūtā, ID, identity card)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From ܗܝܝ (hīyī, she is), from ܗܝ (, she) + ܗܝ ([h]ī, is) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [hi.jɑˈju.θɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [hi.jɑˈju.θɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [hi.joˈju.θo]

Noun

ܗܝܝܘܬܐ • (hīyāyūṯā) f (plural ܗܝܝܘܬܐ (hīyāywāṯā))

  1. condition, state, status
  2. identity, essence
  3. likeness
  4. mien
Inflection

Etymology 2

Modified from above.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [hiˈju.θɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [hiˈju.θɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [hiˈju.θo]

Noun

ܗܝܝܘܬܐ • (hīyūṯā) f (plural ܗܝܝܘܬܐ (hīywāṯā))

  1. condition, state, status
Inflection

References

  • ܗܝܝܘܬܐ, in Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
  • Brock, Sebastian P. & Kiraz, George A. (2015) Gorgias Concise Syriac-English, English-Syriac Dictionary, Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press ܗܺܝܳܝܽܘܬܐ [from sedra.bethmardutho.org, accessed on Jun. 19, 2021]
  • Brock, Sebastian P. & Kiraz, George A. (2015) Gorgias Concise Syriac-English, English-Syriac Dictionary, Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press ܗܺܝܺܝܽܘܬܐ [from sedra.bethmardutho.org, accessed on Jun. 19, 2021]
  • hyyw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-19
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 74b
  • Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 97a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 103a
  • 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 340a
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