ܐܚܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḫ-.

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

Noun

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

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

Usage notes

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 (ḥəmāʾ, “father-in-law”).

Inflection
    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
  • ܐܚܘܢܐ‎ (ʾăḥōnāʾ)
  • ܐܚܘܬܐ‎ (ʾăḥūṯāʾ)

References
  • “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, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 5a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 25a
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