Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic אַנְתֵּין (ʾantēn); compare Arabic أَنْتُنَّ (ʔantunna), Hebrew אַתֶּן (atén) and Akkadian 𒀜𒋾𒈾 (attina).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔatteːn]

Pronoun

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ܐܲܢܬܹܝܢ (antēnf pl (masculine singular ܐܲܢ݇ܬ (at), feminine singular ܐܲܢ݇ܬܝ (at), masculine plural ܐܲܢ݇ܬܘܿܢ (atōn))

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

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Semitic *ʔantin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔante(j)n/, [ʔatte(j)n]

Pronoun

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ܐܢܬܝܢ (transliteration neededf pl (singular ܐܢܬܝ, singular masculine counterpart ܐܢܬ, plural masculine counterpart ܐܢܬܘܢ)

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

Etymology 2

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Modified from above.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [-(ʔ)atte(j)n] (after a word ending in a consonant)
  • IPA(key): [-te(j)n] (after a word ending in a vowel)

Pronoun

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ܐܢܬܝܢ (transliteration neededf pl (singular ܐܢܬܝ, singular masculine counterpart ܐܢܬ, plural masculine counterpart ܐܢܬܘܢ)

  1. an enclitic used as a copula for a second-person feminine plural subject; you are
Usage notes
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  • Usually, the form ܐܢܬܝܢ is written separately from the word it follows while the alternative form ܬܝܢ- is written together with the word it follows.
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References

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  • ˀntyn”, 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