ܗܢܘܢ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Alternative forms edit
- ܐܵܢܝܼ (ānī)
Etymology edit
From Aramaic הֵנוֹן (hennōn), from Proto-Semitic *šum; compare the dialectal alternative forms, Arabic هُمْ (hum), Hebrew הֵם (hem) and Akkadian 𒋗𒉡 (šunu).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
ܗܸܢܘܿܢ • (hinōn) m pl (masculine singular ܗ̇ܘ (awa), feminine singular ܗ̇ܝ (aya), feminine plural ܗܸܢܹܝܢ (hinnēn))
- (personal) they
- (intensive) they themselves
- (demonstrative) those, those things, those ones
- sometimes used somewhat like a definite article; the
Usage notes edit
- As an intensive pronoun, ܗܸܢܘܿܢ (hinōn) must come before the noun it describes.
See also edit
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic personal pronouns
| Isolated nominative pronouns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| 1st person | ܐܵܢܵܐ (ānā) | ܐܲܚܢܲܢ (aḥnan) | ||
| 2nd person | m | ܐܲܢ݇ܬ (at) | ܐܲܢ݇ܬܘܿܢ (atōn) | |
| f | ܐܲܢ݇ܬܝ (at) | ܐܲܢ݇ܬܹܝܢ (attēn) | ||
| 3rd person | m | ܗ̇ܘ (awa) | ܗܸܢܘܿܢ (hinōn) | |
| f | ܗ̇ܝ (aya) | ܗܸܢܹܝܢ (hinnēn) | ||
| Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| 1st person | -ܝܼ (-ī) | -ܲܢ (-an) | ||
| 2nd person | m | -ܘܼܟ݂ (-ūḵ) | -ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (-āwḵōn) | |
| f | -ܵܟ݂ܝ (-āḵ) | |||
| 3rd person | m | -ܹܗ (-ēh); -ܘܼܗܝ (-ūh) | -ܗܘܿܢ (-hōn) | |
| f | -ܵܗ̇ (-āh); -ܘܿܗ̇ (-ōh) | |||
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology 1 edit
Compare Arabic هُمْ (hum) and Hebrew הֵם (hēm). Compare also North Levantine Arabic هنه (hinni), a Western Aramaic substrate word.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
ܗܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܗܘ, singular feminine counterpart ܗܝ, plural feminine counterpart ܗܢܝܢ)
- (personal) they
- (intensive) they themselves
- sometimes used somewhat like a definite article; the
Usage notes edit
- As an intensive pronoun, ܗܢܘܢ must come before the noun it describes.
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
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ܗܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܗܘ ; feminine ܗܝ)
- (demonstrative) those
Usage notes edit
- As an attributive adjective, ܗܢܘܢ can come either before or after the noun it describes without any change in meaning.
Pronoun edit
ܗܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܗܘ, singular feminine counterpart ܗܝ, plural feminine counterpart ܗܢܝܢ)
Usage notes edit
- The sense of the definite article "the" is used especially when translating Ancient Greek texts, being the equivalent of the Ancient Greek masculine plural definite article οἱ (hoi).
References edit
- “hnwn”, 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