ܦܠܓܐ ܕܠܝܠܐ

ܦܠܓܐ ܕܠܝܠܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [pal.ɡɑ‿d.leːleː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [pal.d͡ʒɑ‿d.leːleː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [pal.ɡɑ‿d.lajːleː]

Noun

ܦܲܠܓܵܐ ܕܠܲܝܠܹܐ‎ • (palgā d-laylē) m

1. (uncountable) midnight

   ‏ܕܝܼܪܝܼ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ ܘܦܲܠܓܵܐ ܕܠܲܝܠܹܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ.‎‎

   dirī baytā wpalgā d-laylē ìwā.

   I returned home and it was midnight.

Usage notes

• In most contexts today, this term refers to 00:00. In traditional contexts, this term means literally the middle of the night, i.e. exactly 12 hours after the astronomical midday.

Antonyms

• ܛܲܗܪܵܐ‎ (ṭahrā, “midday, noon”)

Coordinate terms

• (times of day) ܥܕܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܝܵܘܡܵܐ‎ (ʿdānē d-yāwmā); ܝܵܘܡܵܐ‎ (yāwmā, “day”), ܐܝܼܡܵܡܵܐ‎ (īmāmā, “daytime”), ܨܲܦܪܵܐ‎ (ṣaprā, “dawn”), ܕܸܢܚܵܐ‎ (dinḥā, “sunrise”), ܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܐ‎ (qaydāmtā, “morning”), ܛܲܗܪܵܐ‎ (ṭahrā, “noon”), ܒܲܬ݇ܪ ܛܲܗܪܵܐ‎ (bar ṭahrā, “afternoon”), ܥܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ‎ (ʿrāḇā, “sunset”), ܢܘܼܨܦܵܐ‎ (nuṣpā, “dusk”), ܪܲܡܫܵܐ‎ (ramšā, “evening”), ܦܲܠܓܵܐ ܕܠܲܝܠܹܐ (palgā d-laylē, “midnight”), ܠܲܝܠܹܐ‎ (laylē, “nighttime”) ^{(Category: aii:Times of day)}