ܢܝܣܢܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology 1
From ܢܝܼܣܵܢ (nīsān, “April”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [niːsɑːnɑːjɑː]
Noun
ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܵܐ • (nīsānāyā) m (plural ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (nīsānāyē))
- wheat sown in April or in spring
- Antonym: ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢܵܝܵܐ (tišrīnāyā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝ (nīsānāy) | 1st person | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܝܼ (nīsānāyī) | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܲܢ (nīsānāyan) | |||
| construct | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝ (nīsānāy) | 2nd person | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (nīsānāyōḵ) | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (nīsānāyāḵ) | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nīsānāyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܵܐ (nīsānāyā) | 3rd person | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܹܗ (nīsānāyēh) | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܵܗ̇ (nīsānāyāh) | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܗܘܿܢ (nīsānāyhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܝܼ̈ܢ (nīsānāyīn) | 1st person | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܝܼ̈ (nīsānāyī) | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܲܢ̈ (nīsānāyan) | |||
| construct | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܲܝ̈ (nīsānāyay) | 2nd person | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (nīsānāyōḵ) | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (nīsānāyāḵ) | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nīsānāyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (nīsānāyē) | 3rd person | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܘܼ̈ܗܝ (nīsānāyūh) | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (nīsānāyōh) | ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (nīsānāyayhōn) | |||
Etymology 2
Identical to the former, from ܢܝܼ̈ܣܵܢܹܐ (nīsānē, “spring”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [niːsɑːnɑːjɑː]
Adjective
ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܵܐ • (nīsānāyā) (feminine ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ (nīsānāytā), plural ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (nīsānāyē))
Derived terms
- ܡܡܘܼܙܓ݂ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܢܝܼܣܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ (mmuzḡūṯā nīsānāytā, “vernal equinox”)