ܙܥܘܪܘܬܐ

From ܙܥܘܿܪܵܐ (zˁōrā, “small, child”) +‎ -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā, the abstract noun ending).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [z(ə)ʕoːruːθaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [zoːruːθa]

ܙܥܘܿܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (zˁōrūṯā) f sg (plural ܙܥܘܿܪ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (zˁōrwāṯā))

1. (uncountable) smallness
2. (uncountable) childhood (The state of being a child)
3. childhood (The time during which one is a child)

   ܥܲܣܩܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܝܠܵܦܵܐ ܣܘܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ݂ ܐܸܢ ܠܵܐ ܝܵܠܸܦ ܠܹܗ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡ̣ܢ ܙܥܘܿܪܘܼܬ݂ܹܗ

   ˁasqā ìlēh lāpā sūrāˀīṯ in lā yālip lēh ḥa min zˁōrūṯēh

   It is hard to learn Sureth if one does not learn it from [the time of] his childhood.