ܩܕܡܝܐ

ܩܲܕ݂ܡܵܐ (qaḏmā, “first, foremost”) +‎ -ܝܐ (āyā, the attributive adjective ending); compare Classical Syriac ܩܲܕ݂ܡܵܝܵܐ (qaḏmāyā) and Turoyo ܩܰܡܳܝܐ (qamoyo).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [qamɑːjɑː]
• (Bohtan) IPA^(key): [qəmoːya], [qəmoːwa]

ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ • (qammāyā) (feminine ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܬܵܐ (qammāytā), plural ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܹܐ (qammāyē))

1. first (1st)

   Antonym: ܐ݇ܚܲܪܵܝܵܐ (ḥarrāyā, “last”)

   ܕܵܐܟ݂ܝܼ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ ܕܡܲܕ݂ܪܲܫܬܵܐ؟

   dāḵī ìwā yawmā qammāyā d-maḏraštā?

   How was the first day of school?

   ܚܸܡܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܗܵܢܵܐ ܩܲܘܡܵܐ ܡܲܪܕܘܼܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ ܛܠܝܼܩܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܒܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ ܕܩܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܬܹܒ݂ܹܝܠܵܝܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ

   ḥimṯā d-hānā qawmā mardūṯānāyā ṭlīqā ìwā b-zaḇnā d-qrāḇā tēḇēlāyā qammāyā

   The passion of this cultural uprising was lost during the period of the First World War.

2. primary, primitive

   ܫܲܘܕܸܥ ܠܚܲܕ݇ ܡܲܒܘܼܥܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ ܒܒܸܨܝܵܢܘܼܟ݂.

   šawdiˁ l-ḥa mabūˁā qammāyā b-biṣyānōḵ.

   Refer to a primary source in your research.

From ܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܐ (qāmā, “front, fore”) +‎ -ܝܐ (āyā, the attributive adjective ending).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [qɑːmɑːjɑː]

ܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ • (qāmāyā) (feminine ܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܝܬܵܐ (qāmāytā), plural ܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܝܹܐ (qāmāyē))

1. anterior, front, frontal

   Antonym: ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܝܵܐ (bāṯrāyā)

• ܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܝܬܵܐ (qāmāytā)