ܐܢܬܘܢ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Alternative forms edit
- ܐܲܚܬܘܿܢ (aḥtōn), ܐܲܚܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (aḥnāwḵōn), ܐܲܚܬܘܿܟ݂ (aḥtōḵ)
Etymology edit
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 edit
Pronoun edit
ܐܲܢ݇ܬܘܿܢ • (atōn) m pl (masculine singular ܐܲܢ݇ܬ (at), feminine singular ܐܲܢ݇ܬܝ (at), feminine plural ܐܲܢ݇ܬܹܝܢ (attēn))
- (personal) you, ye, y'all, you guys
- (intensive) you yourselves
See also edit
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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Semitic *ʔantum.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
ܐܢܬܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܐܢܬ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܢܬܝ, plural feminine counterpart ܐܢܬܝܢ)
- (personal) you
- (intensive) you yourselves
Etymology 2 edit
Modified from above.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): [-(ʔ)atton] (after a word ending in a consonant)
- IPA(key): [-ton] (after a word ending in a vowel)
Pronoun edit
ܐܢܬܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܐܢܬ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܢܬܝ, plural feminine counterpart ܐܢܬܝܢ)
- an enclitic used as a copula for a second-person masculine plural subject; you are
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
References edit
- “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