ܐܢܬܘܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܐܲܚܬܘܿܢ (aḥtōn), ܐܲܚܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (aḥnāwḵōn), ܐܲܚܬܘܿܟ݂ (aḥtōḵ)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic אַנְתְּוּן (ʾantūn); compare the dialectal alternative forms, Arabic أَنْتُمْ (ʔantum), Hebrew אַתֶּם (atém) and Akkadian 𒀜𒌅𒉡 (attunu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔattoːn]

Pronoun

ܐܲܢ݇ܬܘܿܢ • (atōn) m pl (masculine singular ܐܲܢ݇ܬ (at), feminine singular ܐܲܢ݇ܬܝ (at), feminine plural ܐܲܢ݇ܬܹܝܢ (attēn))

1. (personal) you, ye, y'all, you guys
2. (intensive) you yourselves

See also

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔantum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔanton/, [ʔatton]

Pronoun

ܐܢܬܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܐܢܬ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܢܬܝ, plural feminine counterpart ܐܢܬܝܢ)

1. (personal) you
2. (intensive) you yourselves

Etymology 2

Modified from above.

Alternative forms

• ܬܘܢ-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-(ʔ)atton] (after a word ending in a consonant)
• IPA^(key): [-ton] (after a word ending in a vowel)

Pronoun

ܐܢܬܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܐܢܬ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܢܬܝ, plural feminine counterpart ܐܢܬܝܢ)

1. an enclitic used as a copula for a second-person masculine plural subject; you are

Usage notes

• Usually, the form ܐܢܬܘܢ is written separately from the word it follows while the alternative form ܬܘܢ- is written together with the word it follows.

See also

• ܐܝܬܝܟܘܢ

References

• “ˀntwn”, 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