ܐܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology 1
From Aramaic אֲנָא (ʾănā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku; compare Arabic أَنَا (ʾanā), Hebrew אֲנִי (aní).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑːnɑ.]
Pronoun
ܐܵܢܵܐ • (ana) c sg (plural ܐܲܚܢܲܢ (aḥnan))
- (personal) I
- (intensive) I myself
See also
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic personal pronouns
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ܐܵܢܵܐ (ana) | ܐܲܚܢܲܢ (āḳnān) | |
| 2nd person | m | ܐܲܢ݇ܬ (āt) | ܐܲܚܬܘܿܢ (āḳton) |
| f | ܐܲܢ݇ܬܝ (āt) | ||
| 3rd person | m | ܗ̇ܘ (āwa) | ܐܵܢܝܼ (anī) |
| f | ܗ̇ܝ (āya) | ||
Etymology 2
From ܐܵܢܵܐ (ana, “I”), calque of German Ich.
Noun
ܐܵܢܵܐ • (ana) m
- (psychology) ego
Declension
Inflection of ܐܵܢܵܐ (ānā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܵܢܝܼ (ānī) | ܐܵܢܲܢ (ānan) | ||
| construct | ܐܵܢ (ān) | 2nd person | ܐܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (ānuḵ) | ܐܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (ānāḵ) | ܐܵܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ānāwḵon) | ||
| emphatic | ܐܵܢܵܐ (ānā) | 3rd person | ܐܵܢܹܗ (ānēh) | ܐܵܢܘܿܗ̇ (ānoh) | ܐܵܢܗܘܿܢ (ānhon) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܵܢܝܼ̈ (ānī) | ܐܵܢܲܢ̈ (ānan) | ||
| construct | ܐܵܢܲܝ̈ (ānay) | 2nd person | ܐܵܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ānuḵ) | ܐܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ānāḵ) | ܐܵܢܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ānāwḵon) | ||
| emphatic | ܐܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ānē) | 3rd person | ܐܵܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ānuh) | ܐܵܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (ānoh) | ܐܵܢܗ̈ܘܿܢ (ānhon) | ||
Etymology 3
Modified from ܐܵܗܵܐ (aha) + ܐܵܢܝܼ (anī)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑn.ne.]
Pronoun
ܐܲܢܹܐ • (annē) c (singular ܐܵܗܵܐ (āhā))
- masculine/feminine plural of ܐܵܗܵܐ (āhā): these, those
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku. Compare Arabic أَنَا (ʾanā), Hebrew אֲנִי (ʾănî).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔɛ̆nɑ(ʔ)]
Pronoun
ܐܢܐ • (ʾĕnāʾ) c (plural ܚܢܢ or ܐܢܚܢܢ)
- (personal) I
- (intensive) I myself
Etymology 2
Modified from above, with the initial consonant and vowel quiescing.
Alternative forms
- ܢܐ-
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [-nɑ(ʔ)]
Pronoun
ܐܢܐ • (-nāʾ) c (plural ܚܢܢ)
- an enclitic used as a copula for a first-person singular subject; I am
Usage notes
Usually, the form ܐܢܐ (ʾĕnāʾ) is written separately from the word it follows while the alternative form ܢܐ- (-nāʾ) is written together with the word it follows.
See also
- ܐܝܬܝ
References
- “ˀnˀ”, 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. 12b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 21a
- 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. 58b
Turoyo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔono/
Pronoun
ܐܢܐ • (ʾōnō) c (plural ܐܚܢܐ)
- (personal) I
- (intensive) I myself
See also
Turoyo personal pronouns
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ܐܳܢܳܐ (ʾōnō) | ܐܰܚܢܰܐ (ʾaḥna) | |
| 2nd person | m | ܗܰܬ (hat) | ܗܰܬܘ (hātu) |
| f | ܗܰܬ (hat) | ||
| 3rd person | m | ܗܝܝܶܐ (hiye) | ܗܷܢܢܶܐ (hënne) |
| f | ܗܝܝܰܐ (hiya) | ||
Etymology 2
Modified from above.
Alternative forms
- ܢܐ- (n-)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /no/ (singular)
- IPA(key): /na/ (plural)
Pronoun
ܐܢܐ • (-nō) c (plural ܢܐ)
- an enclitic used as a copula for a first-person singular subject; I am