ܬܐܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܬܐܢܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic תְּאֵנְתָּא (təʾēntā), from Proto-Semitic *tiʔin-; compare Classical Syriac ܬܐܢܬܐ (tēʾttā), Arabic تِين (tīn), Hebrew תְּאֵנָה (t'einá) and Akkadian 𒄑𒈠 (tittum).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [teː.ʔnaː.]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [teʔ.na.], [teː.na.]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [tiː.naː.]

Noun

ܬܹܐܢܵܐ • (tēnā) m sg (plural ܬܹܐܢܹ̈ܐ (tēnē))

1. fig (soft fruit with sweet dark flesh and many small seeds)

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܹܐܢܵܐ (tēnā)
number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܬܹܐܢܝܼ (tēnī)		ܬܹܐܢܲܢ (tēnan)
	construct	ܬܹܐܢ (tēn)	2nd person	ܬܹܐܢܘܼܟ݂ (tēnūḵ)	ܬܹܐܢܵܟ݂ܝ (tēnāḵ)	ܬܹܐܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tēnāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܬܹܐܢܵܐ (tēnā)	3rd person	ܬܹܐܢܹܗ (tēnēh)	ܬܹܐܢܵܗ̇ (tēnāh)	ܬܹܐܢܗܘܿܢ (tēnhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܬܹܐܢܝܼ̈ (tēnī)		ܬܹܐܢܲܢ̈ (tēnan)
	construct	ܬܹܐܢܲܝ̈ (tēnay)	2nd person	ܬܹܐܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (tēnūḵ)	ܬܹܐܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (tēnāḵ)	ܬܹܐܢܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tēnāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܬܹܐܢܹ̈ܐ (tēnē)	3rd person	ܬܹܐܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (tēnūh)	ܬܹܐܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (tēnōh)	ܬܹܐܢܗ̈ܘܿܢ (tēnhōn)