ܕܓܥܝܦ

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Kerasian

Etymology

From Late Middle Kerasian ܟܘܝܿܪܠ - joesp, joasp, joæsp ("eagle"), from Early Middle Kerasian ܟܥܝܵܬܠ - jawæsēp ("fish eagle"), from Old Kerasian ܩܘܐܿܬܠ - iowætseop, yowætseop ("any bird in the genus Icthyophaga"), from North Aradeshi yihwacheup, ihwacheup, ihwacheup, from Aradeshi kifuacheupe ("Usnistani fish eagle"), from kifua ("chest") + cheupe, an inflected form of -eupe ("white").

Bald Eagle Portrait.jpg

Notes

For the above Latin-script transliterations, ⟨ḵ⟩ represents the sounds /x/ when before a broad vowel or /ç/ when after slender vowels, as in this case.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ʤɔi/, arPR: joi
• (Jisdunju) IPA: /ʒoi/

Noun

ܕܓܥܝܦ • (joip)

  1. any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
  2. one considered to possess attributes associated with the eagle: strong, tenacious, caring, and courageous.
  3. a powerful or majorly influential person.
  4. the foremost thing from a group by some aspect.

Conjugation