ܡܛܠ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Root
ܛ ܠ ܠ (ṭ l l)
2 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic מִּטּוּל (miṭṭūl). From a contraction of מִן (min, “from”) + טִּלָל (ṭillālā, “the protection of”).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [mɪtˤ.tˤul.]

Conjunction

ܡܸܛܠ • (miṭṭul)

  1. because, for, since
    ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠ ܠܝܼ ܠܕܸܟܵܢܵܐ ܠܸܙܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ ܟܝܼܣܬܵܐ ܕܠܲܚܡܵܐ ܘܚܲܠܒ݂ܵܐ، ܡܸܛܠ ܝܸܡܝܼ ܛܠܝܼܒ ܠܵܗ̇ ܡܸܢܝܼ.
    zīl lī l-dikkānā lizḇānā kīstā d-laḥmā w-ḥalḇā, miṭṭul yimī ṭlīb lāh minī.
    I went to the grocery store to buy milk and bread because my mother asked me to.
    ܒܸܚܫܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܕܝܼܠܹܗ ܬܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܐ، ܡܸܛܠ ܪܒ݂ܝܼܨ ܠܝܼ ܬܵܪܘܿܩܬܵܐ ܘܗܸܟ̰ ܡܸܢܕܝܼ ܠܵܐ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ.
    biḥšāḇā ìwen d-īlēh tḇīrā, miṭṭul rḇīṣ lī tārōqtā w-hič mindī lā brē lēh.
    I think it is be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened.

Inflection
Inflection of ܡܸܛܠ (miṭṭul)
Base Form ܡܸܛܠ
(miṭṭul)
Personal-pronoun including forms singular plural
m f
1st person ܡܸܛܠܬܝܼ
(miṭṭultī)		 ܡܸܛܠܬܲܢ
(miṭṭultan)
2nd person ܡܸܛܠܬܘܼܟ݂
(miṭṭultūḵ)		 ܡܸܛܠܬܵܟ݂ܝ
(miṭṭultāḵ)		 ܡܸܛܠܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(miṭṭultāwḵōn)
3rd person ܡܸܛܠܬܹܗ
(miṭṭultēh)		 ܡܸܛܠܬܵܗ̇
(miṭṭultāh)		 ܡܸܛܠܬܗܘܿܢ
(miṭṭulthōn)

Synonyms
  • (because, for): ܣܵܒܵܒ (sābāb), ܡ̣ܢ ܕ- (min d-)
  • (because of): ܒܗ̇ܝ ܕ- (b-ay d-), ܒܪܹܝܫ (brēš, literally “on the head of”), ܡ̣ܢ ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ (min bāṯar), ܡ̣ܢ (min)

Derived terms
  • ܡܸܛܠܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (miṭṭullāˀīṯ, “just because, for no good reason”)
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