ܫ-
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
- ܐܸܫ (iš)
Etymology
Possibly dissimilated from ܗܵܫܵܐ (hāšā, “now”).(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Pronunciation
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʃ.]
Adverb
ܫ • (š)
- (aspect) still, up to a time, as in the preceding time;
- ܫܠܵܐ ܝܼܘܸܬ ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠܵܐ܉
- šlā īwet zīlāʾ܉
- You still haven’t left?
- ܫܐܝܼܬ݂ ܚܲܕ݇ ܐ݇ܚܹܪ݇ܢܵܐ
- šīṯ ḥa ḥēnā
- there’s still one more.
- yet, thus far, up to the present
- ܫܠܵܐ ܝܼܠܹܗ ܡܸܛܝܵܐ
- šlā īlēh miṭyā
- He has not arrived yet.