ܗܘܝܐܐ

Derived from the verb ܗܵܘܹܐ (hāwē, “to be, happen”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [hawwiːʔɑː]

ܗܲܘܝܼܐܵܐ • (hawīˀā) (feminine ܗܲܘܝܼܐܬܵܐ (hawītā), plural ܗܲܘܝܼܐܹ̈ܐ (hawīˀē))

1. existing, being

   ܟܹܐ ܥܵܕ݂ܪܲܚ ܒܵܢܲܚ ܬܲܪ̈ܡܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܗܲܘܝܼܐܹ̈ܐ ܝܲܢ ܚܲܕܬܹ̈ܐ. ― kē ˁāḏraḥ bānaḥ tarmyāṯē hawīˀē yan ḥadtē. ― We help build existing or new projects.

2. to exist, be

   ܠܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܗܲܘܝܼܐܵܐ ― lā ìlēh hawīˀā ― It doesn’t exist

   ܬܸܪ̈ܘܵܝܗܝ ܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܘܣܸܢܐܬ݂ܵܐ ܗܲܘܝܼܐܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ. ― tirwāyh ḥubbā w-sinˀṯā hawīˀē ìnā ādīyā. ― Both love and hatred exist now.

   ܐܵܗܵܐ ܗ݇ܘܝܼܵܐ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܗܲܘܝܼܐܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ. ― āhā wīyā wā hawīˀā min šurrāyā. ― This has existed since the beginning.

• (to exist): While ܗܲܘܝܼܐܵܐ (hawīˀā) is an adjective, it is used in much the same way as a present-tense verb.

• ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܵܐ (īṯyā)