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 (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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanta.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

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

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

Etymology 2 edit

Modified from above.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

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 edit

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.

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