ܚܕܬܪܝܢ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Univerbation of ܚܲܕ݇ (ḥa, “one”) + ܬܪܹܝܢ݇ (trēy, “two”), literally “one two”.
Pronunciation
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [xatteː]
Determiner
ܚܲܕ݇ܬܹܪ݇ܝܢ݇ • (ḥatēy)
- some, a few
- ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܚܲܕ݇ܬܹܪ݇ܝܢ݇ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ
- īṯ wā ḥatēy nāšē
- There were a few people.