ASSYRIAN

[ə`sɪrɪən]

ассирийский

ассириец; ассириянка

ассирийский язык

Assyrian [əˊsɪrɪən]

1. a ассири́йский

2. n

1) ассири́янин, ассири́ец; ассири́янка

2) ассири́йский язы́к

ASSYRIAN: translation

   East Semitic dialect, a form of Akkadian that was spoken in Assyria and rendered in cuneiform writing. In accordance with the different historical periods, one distinguishes between Old, Middle, and Neo-Assyrian. The largest number of Assyrian texts excavated so far date from the ninth to the middle of the seventh centuries B.C. See also LANGUAGES.

1. ассириец; ассирийка

2. ассирийский язык