ܟܘܫܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From ܟܘܼܫ (kūš, “Ethiopia, Cush”) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [ku.ˈʃɑːjɑː]

Adjective

ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܐ • (kuššāyā) (feminine ܟܘܼܫܵܝܬܵܐ (kūšāytā), plural ܟܘܼܫܵܝܹ̈ܐ (kūšāyē))

  1. Ethiopian (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian culture or people)
  2. Cushite, Kushite (of, from, or pertaining to Cush in ancient northeastern Africa)
  3. Cushitic (pertaining to the subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages)

Noun

ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܐ • (kuššāyā) m sg (plural ܟܘܼܫܵܝܹ̈ܐ (kūšāyē), feminine ܟܘܼܫܵܝܬܵܐ (kūšāytā))

  1. Ethiopian (A person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent)
  2. Cushite, Kushite

Inflection
Inflection of ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܐ (kuššāyā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܟܘܼܫܵܝܝܼ
(kūšāyī)		 ܟܘܼܫܵܝܲܢ
(kūšāyan)
construct ܟܘܼܫܵܝ
(kūšāy)		 2nd person ܟܘܼܫܵܝܘܼܟ݂
(kūšāyūḵ)		 ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ
(kūšāyāḵ)		 ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(kūšāyāwḵōn)
emphatic ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܐ
(kuššāyā)		 3rd person ܟܘܼܫܵܝܹܗ
(kūšāyēh)		 ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܗ̇
(kūšāyāh)		 ܟܘܼܫܵܝܗܘܿܢ
(kūšāyhōn)
plural absolute – 1st person ܟܘܼܫܵܝܝܼ̈
(kūšāyī)		 ܟܘܼܫܵܝܲܢ̈
(kūšāyan)
construct ܟܘܼܫܵܝܲܝ̈
(kūšāyay)		 2nd person ܟܘܼܫܵܝܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(kūšāyūḵ)		 ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(kūšāyāḵ)		 ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(kūšāyāwḵōn)
emphatic ܟܘܼܫܵܝܹ̈ܐ
(kūšāyē)		 3rd person ܟܘܼܫܵܝܘܼ̈ܗܝ
(kūšāyūh)		 ܟܘܼܫܵܝ̈ܘܿܗ̇
(kūšāyōh)		 ܟܘܼܫܵܝܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(kūšāyhōn)
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