Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic אַנְתֵּין (ʾantēn); compare Arabic أَنْتُنَّ (ʔantunna), Hebrew אַתֶּן (atén) and Akkadian 𒀜𒋾𒈾 (attina).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʔatteːn]

Pronoun edit

ܐܲܢܬܹܝܢ (antēnf pl (masculine singular ܐܲܢ݇ܬ (at), feminine singular ܐܲܢ݇ܬܝ (at), masculine plural ܐܲܢ݇ܬܘܿܢ (atōn))

  1. (personal) you, ye, y'all
  2. (intensive) you yourselves

See also edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Semitic *ʔantin.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔante(j)n/, [ʔatte(j)n]

Pronoun edit

ܐܢܬܝܢ (transliteration neededf pl (singular ܐܢܬܝ, singular masculine counterpart ܐܢܬ, plural masculine counterpart ܐܢܬܘܢ)

  1. (personal) you
  2. (intensive) you yourselves

Etymology 2 edit

Modified from above.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [-(ʔ)atte(j)n] (after a word ending in a consonant)
  • IPA(key): [-te(j)n] (after a word ending in a vowel)

Pronoun edit

ܐܢܬܝܢ (transliteration neededf pl (singular ܐܢܬܝ, singular masculine counterpart ܐܢܬ, plural masculine counterpart ܐܢܬܘܢ)

  1. an enclitic used as a copula for a second-person feminine plural subject; you are
Usage notes edit
  • Usually, the form ܐܢܬܝܢ is written separately from the word it follows while the alternative form ܬܝܢ- is written together with the word it follows.
See also edit

References edit

  • ˀntyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1895) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), Berlin, Edinburgh: Reuther & Reichard, T. & T. Clark
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press