ܐܢܬܝ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic אַנְתִּי (ʾa(n)t(ī)), from Proto-Semitic *ʔanti; compare Arabic أَنْتِ (ʔanti), Hebrew אַתְּ (át) and Akkadian 𒀜𒋾 (atti).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔat.]

  Homophone: ܐܲܢ݇ܬ (at)

• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʔatː]

  Homophones: ܐܲܢ݇ܬ (at), ܐܵܬ (āt)

• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːjat.], [ʔɑːtiː]

Pronoun

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

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

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 *ʔanti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔanti/, [ʔat]
• Homophone: ܐܢܬ

Pronoun

ܐܢܬܝ • (ʾa[n]t[ī]) f (plural ܐܢܬܝܢ, masculine singular ܐܢܬ, masculine plural ܐܢܬܘܢ)

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

Etymology 2

Modified from above.

Alternative forms

• ܬܝ-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-(ʔ)at] (after a word ending in a consonant)
• IPA^(key): [-t] (after a word ending in a vowel)
• Homophone: ܐܢܬ

Pronoun

ܐܢܬܝ • (ʾa[n]t[ī], -t[ī]) f (plural ܐܢܬܝܢ, masculine singular ܐܢܬ, masculine plural ܐܢܬܘܢ)

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

Usage notes

Usually, the form ܐܢܬܝ (ʾa[n]t[ī]) is written separately from the word it follows while the alternative form ܬܝ- (-t[ī]) is written together with the word it follows.

See also

• ܐܝܬܝܟܝ

References

• “ˀnty”, 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