ܬܚܘܬ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܬ ܚ ܬ (t ḥ t)
8 terms

Picture dictionary

ܬܚܘܬ

ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ

ܠܬܸܚܬ ܡ̣ܢ

ܓܲܘ

ܩܵܕ݇ܡ

ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ

ܥܲܠ

ܓܹܢ݇ܒ/

ܠܟܸܣ

ܬ݇ܚܘܿܬ݂

ܒܹܝܢ

Prepositions of location

Etymology

From Aramaic תְּחוֹת (tḥoṯ); compare Hebrew תַּחַת (tákhat), Arabic تَحْتَ (taḥta), Ge'ez ታሕተ (taḥtä) and Ugaritic 𐎚𐎈𐎚 (tḥt /⁠taḥta⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [təxoːθ]
• (Barwar) IPA^(key): [txoː], [xoː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [xoːθ], [xoː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [xuːt]

Preposition

ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ • (tḥōṯ)

1. beneath see usage notes below

   ܒܚܸܡܵܐ ܕܝܵܘܡܵܐ، ܝܬܝܼܒ݂ ܠܝܼ ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ ܐܝܼܠܵܢܵܐ. ― b-ḥimmā d-yāwmā, tīḇ lī tḥōṯ īlānā. ― In the heat of the day, I sat beneath a tree.

2. subordinate to, in accordance with, in compliance with, subject to the control of

   ܒܡܸܬܚܵܐ ܕܟܒ݂ܘܼܫܝܵܐ ܚܝܹܐ ܠܲܢ ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ ܐܲܝܟܲܢܵܝ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܥܲܣ̈ܩܵܬ݂ܹܐ.

   b-mitḥā d-kḇušyā ḥyē lan tḥōṯ aykannāywāṯē ˁasqāṯē.

   During the invasion we lived under severe conditions.

3. Using or adopting (a name, identity, etc.)

   ܟܹܐ ܟܵܬ݂ܹܒ݂ ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ ܫܸܡܵܐ ܕܓܸܠܓܵܡܸܫ. ― kē kāṯēḇ tḥōṯ šimmā d-gilgāmiš. ― He writes under the name Gilgamesh.

   ܛܠܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ ܫܸܡܝܼ. ― ṭlāḇtā ìlāh tḥōṯ šimī. ― The order is under my name.

Usage notes

• (beneath): This word is used when something is directly beneath another thing. When something is in general below it, but not specifically underneath it, the phrase ܠܬܸܚܬ݇ ܡ̣ܢ (ltiḥ min) is used.

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ (tḥōṯ)

Base Form			ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ (tḥōṯ)
Personal-pronoun including forms	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ܝܼ (tḥōṯī)		ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ܲܢ (tḥōṯan)
2nd person	ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (tḥōṯūḵ)	ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (tḥōṯāḵ)	ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tḥōṯāwḵōn)
3rd person	ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ܹܗ (tḥōṯēh)	ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (tḥōṯāh)	ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (tḥōṯhōn)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “beneath”): ܥܲܠ (ˁal), ܠܩܲܪܥܵܐ ܕ- (lqarˁā d-), ܠܪܹܝܫ (lrēš)

Related terms

• ܬܚܹܝܬ݂ (tḥēṯ)
• ܠܬܸܚܬ݇ (ltiḥ)