ܐܢܬ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
From Aramaic אַנְתְּ (ʾa(n)t), from Proto-Semitic *ʔanta; compare Arabic أَنْتَ (ʔanta), Hebrew אַתָּה (atá) and Akkadian 𒀜𒋫 (atta).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
ܐܲܢ݇ܬ • (at) m sg (feminine ܐܲܢ݇ܬܝ (at), masculine plural ܐܲܢ݇ܬܘܿܢ (atōn), feminine plural ܐܲܢ݇ܬܹܝܢ (attēn))
See also edit
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic personal pronouns
Isolated nominative pronouns | ||||
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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
From Proto-Semitic *ʔanta.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
ܐܢܬ • (ʾa[n]t) m (plural ܐܢܬܘܢ, feminine singular ܐܢܬܝ, feminine plural ܐܢܬܝܢ)
Etymology 2 edit
Modified from above.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): [-(ʔ)at] (after a word ending in a consonant)
- IPA(key): [-t] (after a word ending in a vowel)
- Homophone: ܐܢܬܝ
Pronoun edit
ܐܢܬ • (-ʾa[n]t, -t) m (plural ܐܢܬܘܢ, feminine singular ܐܢܬܝ, feminine plural ܐܢܬܝܢ)
- an enclitic used as a copula for a second-person masculine singular subject; you are
Usage notes edit
Usually, the form ܐܢܬ (ʾa[n]t) is written separately from the word it follows while the alternative form -ܬ (-t) is written together with the word it follows.
See also edit
References edit
- “ˀnt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-16
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 14a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 22a
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 66a