# ܚܬܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Alternative forms

* ܚܵܬ݂ (ḥāṯ) (slang)

### Etymology 1

From Aramaic אֲחָתָא (ʾăḥāṯā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-; compare Arabic أُخْت (ʔuḵt), Hebrew אָחוֹת (akhót) and Akkadian 𒎏 (aḫātum).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [xɑːθɑː]
* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [xɑːθɑː]
* (Urmia) IPA: [xɑːtɑː]

#### Noun

ܚܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (ḥāṯā) f sg (plural ܚܵܬ݂̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥāṯwāṯā) or ܚܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥāṯawwāṯā), masculine ܐܲܚܵܐ (aḥḥā) or ܐܲܚܘܿܢܵܐ (aḥōnā))
* sister (female sibling having parents in common)
* (in the first-person possessive form) Respectful term of address to a female around one’s own age or slightly younger (see usage notes below)

##### Usage notes

* This term on its own is used both literally and figuratively; including full sisters, half-sisters and step-sisters.
* (term of address) The term used by old individuals to a female a lot younger than them is ܒܪܵܬܝܼ (brātī, literally “My daughter”), and not this term.

##### Derived terms

* ܒܲܪ ܚܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bar ḥāṯā, “sororal nephew”)
* ܒܲܪ݇ܬ ܚܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bat ḥāṯā, “sororal niece”)
* ܚܵܬ݂ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥāṯūṯā, “sisterhood, sorority”)
* ܚܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܐܘܼܓܵܐ (ḥāṯā ūgā, “half sister”)
* ܚܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܚܘܼܪܸܓܬܵܐ (ḥāṯā ḥūrigtā, “stepsister”)
* ܚܵܬ݂ܵܝܵܐ (ḥāṯāyā, “sisterly, sororal”)

### Etymology 2

Denominal of ܬܲܚܬܵܝܵܐ (taḥtāyā, “lower”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [xaːteː]

#### Verb

ܚܵܬܹܐ • (ḥātē)
* (intransitive, physically) to become/be in a lower/low position, descend, lower see usage notes
    Antonym: ܥܵܠܹܐ (ˁālē)
* (intransitive, of volume) to become lower, quieter

##### Usage notes

* (to become low): This verb is used for literally and physically being in a low position, and not, for example, going downstairs, or any figurative usage. For that, the verb ܢܵܚܸܬ݂ (nāḥiṯ) is used, where there may sometimes be semantic overlap.

##### Conjugation

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## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-.

#### Alternative forms

* ܐܚܬܐ

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ħɑθɑ]

#### Noun

ܚܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܚܘܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܐܚܐ)
* sister
* nun
* (figuratively) companion; relation, similarity

### Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒄑𒃶𒌌 (/⁠ḫittu⁠/), possibly a loanword from Sumerian 𒄑𒃶𒌌 (/⁠hedu⁠/, “architrave”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ħɛttɑ] (in the singular)
* IPA: [ħɛtte] (in the plural)

#### Noun

ܚܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܬܐ)
* beam, plank (especially one resting on piles or pillars)
* (by extension) plank bridge, wooden bridge

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ħɛttɑ] (in the singular)
* IPA: [ħɛtte] (in the plural)

#### Noun

ܚܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܬܐ)
* Alternative form of ܚܬܬܐ

##### Inflection
### References

* “ˀḥh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* “ḥt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 5a, 120a
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 163b
* Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 503b

## Turoyo
### Etymology

From Aramaic ܚܬܐ (ḥāṯā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħoθo/

### Noun

ܚܳܬ݂ܳܐ • (ḥoṯo) f (plural ܚܳܬ݂ܳܬ݂ܶܐ (ḥoṯoṯe))
* sister
    Coordinate term: ܐܰܚܘܢܳܐ (aḥuno, “brother”)