ܣܓܝܐܢܝܐ

From ܣܲܓܝܼܐܵܐ (sagīˀā, “many”) +‎ -ܢܝܐ (-ānāyā, the intensive attributive adjective ending).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [saɡ.ɡiːʔɑːnɑːjɑː]

ܣܲܓܝܼܐܵܢܵܝܵܐ • (sagīˀānāyā) (feminine ܣܲܓܝܼܐܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ (sagīˀānāytā), plural ܣܲܓܝܼܐܵܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (sagīˀānāyē))

1. plural, multiple, collective (consisting of or containing more than one of something)

   ܡܲܪܕܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܘܗܝܼܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܣܲܓܝܼܐܵܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܡܩܘܼܝܡܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܣܘܼܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ.

   mardūṯā w-hīyāyūṯā sagīˀānāyē ìnā mqūymūṯā qā sūrāyē.

   Plural culture and identity is the reality for Assyrians.

2. (grammar) plural (form of a word that refers multiple people or things)

   Coordinate terms: ܚܕܵܢܵܝܵܐ (ḥdānāyā, “singular”), ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܝܵܐ (trayyānāyā, “dual”)

   ܣܲܓܝܼܐܵܢܵܝܵܐ ܕ«ܟܲܠܒ݂ܵܐ» ܝܼܠܹܗ «ܟܲܠܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ»، ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܕ«ܩܵܛܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ» ܝܼܠܹܗ «ܩܵܛܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ».

   sagīˀānāyā d“kalḇā” īlēh “kalḇē”, īnā d“qāṭūṯā” īlēh “qāṭwāṯā”.

   The plural of ‘dog’ is ‘dogs’, but of ’cat’ is ’cats’.

• ܣܲܓܝܼܵܐܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (sagīyānāyūtā, “plurality, multiplicity”)