ܡܛܠ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܛ ܠ ܠ (ṭ l l)
4 terms

Alternative forms

• ܡܸܛܘܼܠ (miṭūl)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic מִּטּוּל (miṭṭūl). From a contraction of מִן (min, “from”) + טִּלָל (ṭillālā, “the protection of”). Possibly surviving in ܛܠܵܐ (ṭlā, “for, to”).

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	ܡܸܛܠܵܬ݂ܝܼ (miṭlāṯī)		ܡܸܛܠܵܬ݂ܲܢ (miṭlāṯan)
2nd person	ܡܸܛܠܵܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (miṭlāṯūḵ)	ܡܸܛܠܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (miṭlāṯāḵ)	ܡܸܛܠܵܬ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (miṭlāṯāwḵōn)
3rd person	ܡܸܛܠܵܬ݂ܹܗ (miṭlāṯēh)	ܡܸܛܠܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (miṭlāṯāh)	ܡܸܛܠܵܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (miṭlāṯhōn)

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”)