Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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From Aramaic אַנְתְּ (ʾa(n)t), from Proto-Semitic *ʔanta; compare Arabic أَنْتَ (ʔanta), Hebrew אַתָּה (atá) and Akkadian 𒀜𒋫 (atta).

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Pronoun

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ܐܲܢ݇ܬ (atm sg (feminine ܐܲܢ݇ܬܝ (at), masculine plural ܐܲܢ݇ܬܘܿܢ (atōn), feminine plural ܐܲܢ݇ܬܹܝܢ (attēn))

  1. (personal) you, thou
  2. (intensive) you yourself

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Semitic *ʔanta.

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Pronoun

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ܐܢܬ (ʾa[n]tm (plural ܐܢܬܘܢ, feminine singular ܐܢܬܝ, feminine plural ܐܢܬܝܢ)

  1. (personal) you, thou
  2. (intensive) you yourself

Etymology 2

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Modified from above.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ܐܢܬ (-ʾa[n]t, -tm (plural ܐܢܬܘܢ, feminine singular ܐܢܬܝ, feminine plural ܐܢܬܝܢ)

  1. an enclitic used as a copula for a second-person masculine singular subject; you are
Usage notes
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Usually, the form ܐܢܬ (ʾa[n]t) is written separately from the word it follows while the alternative form (-t) is written together with the word it follows.

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References

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  • 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