ܗܢܘܢ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
Compare Arabic هُمْ (hum) and Hebrew הֵם (hēm). Compare also North Levantine Arabic هنه (hinni), a Syriac substrate word.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hɛnnon]
Pronoun
ܗܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܗܘ, singular feminine counterpart ܗܝ, plural feminine counterpart ܗܢܝܢ)
- (personal) they
- (intensive) they themselves
- sometimes used somewhat like a definite article; the
Usage notes
- As an intensive pronoun, ܗܢܘܢ must come before the noun it describes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hɑnon]
Adjective
ܗܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܗܘ ; feminine ܗܝ)
- (demonstrative) those
Usage notes
- As an attributive adjective, ܗܢܘܢ can come either before or after the noun it describes without any change in meaning.
Pronoun
ܗܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܗܘ, singular feminine counterpart ܗܝ, plural feminine counterpart ܗܢܝܢ)
- (demonstrative) those things, those ones
- used somewhat like a definite article; the
Usage notes
- The sense of the definite article "the" is used especially when translating Ancient Greek texts, being the equivalent of the Ancient Greek masculine plural definite article οἱ (hoi).
References
- “hnwn”, 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