ܐܣܛܪܛܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
ܐܣܛܪܛܐ
Etymology
From Aramaic אִסְטְרָטָא (ʾisṭərāṭā), from Latin strāta; influenced by French autostrade, Arabic أَوْتُوسْتْرَاد (ʾawtūstrād) and Hebrew אוֹטוֹסְטְרָדָה (otostrada).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.tˤrɑːtˤɑː]
Noun
ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ • (isṭrāṭā) m or f (plural ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܹܐ (isṭrāṭē))
- highway (main public road, high-speed thoroughfare)
- ܣܵܘܦܵܐ ܕܩܲܠܝܼܠܘܼܬܵܐ ܒܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܡܵܐܐ ܟܝܼܠܘܿܡܝܼܛܪܹ̈ܐ ܓܵܘ ܫܵܥܬܵܐ.
- sāwpā d-qalilutā b-isṭrāṭā ìlēh māʾā kilomiṭrē gāw šāʿtā.
- The speed limit on the highway is a hundred kilometres per hour.
- street, paved road
Usage notes
This word is traditionally masculine in it's original sense of “street/paved road”, but is feminine in the modern sense of “highway/freeway” due to it being influenced by French autostrade and Hebrew אוֹטוֹסְטְרָדָה (otostrada).
Inflection
Inflection of ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ (isṭrāṭā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܝܼ (isṭrāṭī) | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܲܢ (isṭrāṭan) | ||
| construct | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛ (isṭrāṭ) | 2nd person | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܘܼܟ݂ (isṭrāṭuḵ) | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ (isṭrāṭāḵ) | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭāwḵon) | ||
| emphatic | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ (isṭrāṭā) | 3rd person | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܹܗ (isṭrāṭēh) | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܘܿܗ̇ (isṭrāṭoh) | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܗܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭhon) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܝܼ (isṭrāṭī) | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܲܢ (isṭrāṭan) | ||
| construct | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܲܝ (isṭrāṭay) | 2nd person | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܘܼܟ݂ (isṭrāṭuḵ) | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ (isṭrāṭāḵ) | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭāwḵon) | ||
| emphatic | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܹܐ (isṭrāṭē) | 3rd person | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܘܗܝ (isṭrāṭwh) | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܘܿܗ̇ (isṭrāṭoh) | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܗܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭhon) | ||