ܐܝܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology 1 edit
Developed from ܐܸܠܵܐ (illā) or Borrowed from Northern Kurdish inâ.
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
ܐܝܼܢܵܐ • (īnā)
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Aramaic אַיְנָא (ʾaynā), from אַי (ʾay) + הָנָא (hānā, “this”), hence from Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-; compare Hebrew אֵיזֶה (éize), Arabic أَيّ (ʔayy) and Akkadian 𒀀𒀀𒌑𒌝 (ayyum).
Pronunciation edit
- (standard) IPA(key): [ʔay.naː.]
- (Barwar) IPA(key): [ʔeː.ni.]
- (Bohtan) IPA(key): [ʔaj.ni.]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔeː.ma.]
Determiner edit
ܐܲܝܢܵܐ • (aynā) (feminine ܐܲܝܕܵܐ (aydā), plural ܐܲܝܠܹܝܢ (aylēn))
- (interrogative) which
- ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܚܲܒܘܼܫܵܐ ܐ݇ܟ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܘܼܟ݂؟ ― aynā ḥabūšā ḵīl lūḵ? ― Which apple did you eat?
- ܡ̣ܢ ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ؟ ― min aynā aṯrā ìwet? ― From which country are you?
- (with ܕ- (d-, “that”)) whichever (The/Any ... that)
- ܫܩܘܿܠ ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܚܲܒܘܼܫܵܐ ܕܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܬ ― šqōl aynā ḥabūšā d-kē bāˁēt ― Take whichever apple [that] you want.
Pronoun edit
ܐܲܝܢܵܐ • (aynā) (feminine ܐܲܝܕܵܐ (aydā), plural ܐܲܝܠܹܝܢ (aylēn))
- (interrogative) which one (What one (of those mentioned or implied))
- ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܐ݇ܟ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܘܼܟ݂؟ ― aynā ḵīl lūḵ? ― Which one did you eat?
- ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܝܵܠܕ݇ܘܼܟ݂؟ ― aynā ìlēh yālūḵ? ― Which one is your child?
- (directly followed by ܕ- (d-)) Whichever one that…, He who…
- ܫܩܘܿܠ ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܕܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܬ ― šqōl aynā d-kē bāˁēt ― Take whichever one that you want.
- ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܕܡܲܨܝܸܬ݂ ܠܢܘܼܟ݂ܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܚܵܙܹܐ ܦܨܝܼܚܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ― aynā d-maṣyiṯ l-nuḵrāyē lā kē ḥāzē pṣīḥūṯā ― He who/Whichever one that heeds to strangers will not see happiness.
Usage notes edit
Many dialects only use the masculine form regardless of gender or plural.
Derived terms edit
- ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܕܗܵܘܹܐ (aynā dhāwē, “Whichever one; Any of them.”)