ܐܢܘܢ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Modified from ܗܢܘܢ (hennōn, “they”), with the initial consonant quiescing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-(ʔ)ɛnnon]

Pronoun

ܐܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܗܘ, singular feminine counterpart ܗܝ, plural feminine counterpart ܐܢܝܢ)

1. an enclitic used as a copula for a third-person plural masculine subject; they are
2. (with a preceding first- or second-person plural pronoun) an enclitic used as a copula for a plural masculine subject; (we) are, (you) are

See also

• ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛnnon]

Pronoun

ܐܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܠܗ, singular feminine counterpart ܠܗ, plural feminine counterpart ܐܢܝܢ)

1. often used as a third-person plural masculine direct object; them

See also

• ܠܗܘܢ

References

• “ˀnwn”, 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