ܬܢܝܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Instance noun of ܡܬܲܢܹܐ (mtannē).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [tannajtaː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [taneːθa]
Noun
ܬܲܢܲܝܬܵܐ • (tannaytā) f (plural ܬܲܢܲܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tannayāṯā))
- instance of telling a story; recounting
- word
- (figuratively) command
- (figuratively) promise
- tanetha or mashmeta, part of the traditional Assyrian wedding customs including the period after the fiancé and fiancée and their families agree to engagement, as well as the party that follows
- Synonym: ܡܲܫܡܲܥܬܵܐ (mašmaˁtā)
Usage notes
- The usage of this term for “engagement period” is used mostly by the Nineveh Plains dialect, and is now being superseded by the synonym ܡܲܫܡܲܥܬܵܐ (mašmaˁtā) as a borrowing from other dialects.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܬܲܢܲܝܵܐ (tannayā) | 1st person | ܬܲܢܲܝܬܝܼ (tannaytī) | ܬܲܢܲܝܬܲܢ (tannaytan) | |||
| construct | ܬܲܢܲܝܲܬ݂ (tannayaṯ) | 2nd person | ܬܲܢܲܝܬܘܼܟ݂ (tannaytōḵ) | ܬܲܢܲܝܬܵܟ݂ܝ (tannaytāḵ) | ܬܲܢܲܝܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tannaytawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܲܢܲܝܬܵܐ (tannaytā) | 3rd person | ܬܲܢܲܝܬܹܗ (tannaytēh) | ܬܲܢܲܝܬܵܗ̇ (tannaytāh) | ܬܲܢܲܝܬܗܘܿܢ (tannaythōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܬܲܢܲܝܵܢ̈ (tannayān) | 1st person | ܬܲܢܲܝܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (tannayāṯī) | ܬܲܢܲܝܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (tannayāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܬܲܢܲܝܵܬ݂̈ (tannayāṯ) | 2nd person | ܬܲܢܲܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (tannayāṯōḵ) | ܬܲܢܲܝܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (tannayāṯāḵ) | ܬܲܢܲܝܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tannayāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܲܢܲܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tannayāṯā) | 3rd person | ܬܲܢܲܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܹܗ (tannayāṯēh) | ܬܲܢܲܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (tannayāṯāh) | ܬܲܢܲܝܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (tannayāṯhōn) | |||