ܬܢܘܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܬܲܢܘܲܝ (tanway); compare also in Hebrew תְּנַאי (t'nái).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [tɪnweː]
Noun
ܬܸܢܘܹܐ • (tinwē) m (plural ܬܸܢ̈ܘܲܝܵܐ (tinwayyā))
- (logic) condition, antecedent
- condition, proviso, requirement, prerequisite
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܬܸܢܘܝܼܢ (tinwīn) | 1st person | ܬܸܢܘܝܼ (tinwī) | ܬܸܢܘܲܢ (tinwan) | |||
| construct | ܬܸܢܘܲܝ (tinway) | 2nd person | ܬܸܢܘܘܼܟ݂ (tinwōḵ) | ܬܸܢܘܵܟ݂ܝ (tinwāḵ) | ܬܸܢܘܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tinwawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܸܢܘܹܐ (tinwē) | 3rd person | ܬܸܢܘܘܼܗܝ (tinwūh) | ܬܸܢܘܘܼܗ̇ (tinwōh) | ܬܸܢܘܲܝܗܘܿܢ (tinwayhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܬܸܢܘܝܼ̈ܢ (tinwīn) | 1st person | ܬܸܢܘܝܼ̈ (tinwī) | ܬܸܢܘܲܢ̈ (tinwan) | |||
| construct | ܬܸܢܘܲܝ̈ (tinway) | 2nd person | ܬܸܢܘܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (tinwōḵ) | ܬܸܢܘܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (tinwāḵ) | ܬܸܢܘܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tinwawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܸܢ̈ܘܲܝܵܐ (tinwayyā) | 3rd person | ܬܸܢܘܘܼ̈ܗܝ (tinwūh) | ܬܸܢܘܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (tinwōh) | ܬܸܢܘܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (tinwayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܬܸܢܘܵܝܵܐ (tinwāyā, “conditional”)
- ܥܲܠ ܬܸܢܘܹܐ ܕ- (ˁal tinwē d-, “on the condition that”)
- ܬܸܢܘܲܝ ܡܢܲܛܪܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (tinway mnaṭrānūṯā, “insurance policy”)