assírio
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin Assyrius, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσύριος (Assúrios), from Ἀσσυρία (Assuría, “Assyria”) + -ιος (-ios). By surface analysis, Assíria + -io.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈsi.ɾi.u/ [aˈsi.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /aˈsi.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈsi.ɾi.o/ [aˈsi.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /aˈsi.ɾjo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈsi.ɾju/
- Hyphenation: as‧sí‧ri‧o
Noun
assírio m (plural assírios)
Adjective
assírio (feminine assíria, masculine plural assírios, feminine plural assírias, not comparable)
Related terms
Further reading
- “assírio”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “assírio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026