ܐܢܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܢܫܐ

Etymology

Compare Arabic إنْسَان (ʾinsān) and Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ (ʾĕnôš).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʔənɑʃɑʔ/, [nɑʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular and plural)

Noun

ܐܢܫܐ c (emphatic plural ܐܢܫܐ)

1. human, man, mortal
2. mankind
3. (in the plural) people
4. (in the absolute state) one, someone, certain
5. (with possessive suffixes) expresses kinsfolk or relations (especially parents or inhabitants)

   • ܐܢܫܝܗ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ

     (ʾə)nāšêh da-m(ə)ḏī(n)ttāʾ

     the people of the city

Inflection

    declension of ܐܢܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܢܫ	ܐܢܫܝܢ
construct	ܐܢܫ	ܐܢܫܝ
emphatic	ܐܢܫܐ	ܐܢܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܢܫܝ	ܐܢܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܢܫܟ	ܐܢܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܢܫܟܝ	ܐܢܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܢܫܗ	ܐܢܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܢܫܗ	ܐܢܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܢܫܢ	ܐܢܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܢܫܟܘܢ	ܐܢܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܢܫܟܝܢ	ܐܢܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܢܫܗܘܢ	ܐܢܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܢܫܗܝܢ	ܐܢܫܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܐܢܫܐܝܬ
• ܐܢܫܘܬܐ
• ܐܢܫܝ
• ܒܪ ܐܢܫܐ
  • ܒܪܢܫ
  • ܡܬܒܪܢܫܘܬܐ
• ܒܪܬ ܐܢܫܐ

See also

• ܓܒܪܐ

References

• ")n$" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 13b
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 22a
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 65a-b