ܐܢܬܝ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic אַנְתִּי (ʾantī), from Proto-Semitic *ʔanti; compare Arabic أَنْتِ (ʾanti), Hebrew אַתְּ (át).
Pronunciation
- Homophone: ܐܲܢ݇ܬ (at)
- (standard) IPA(key): [ʔat.]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔɑːjat., ʔɑːtiː]
Pronoun
ܐܲܢ݇ܬܝ • (at) f sg (plural ܐܲܚܬܘܿܢ (aḥtōn), masculine singular ܐܲܢ݇ܬ (at))
- (personal) you, thou
- (intensive) you yourself
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) | ||
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)
- (personal) you, thou
- (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)
- 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