ܗܢܝܢ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
Compare Arabic هُنّ (hunna) and Hebrew הֵן (hēn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hɛnne(j)n]
Pronoun
ܗܢܝܢ • (transliteration needed) f pl (singular ܗܝ, singular masculine counterpart ܗܘ, plural masculine counterpart ܗܢܘܢ)
- (personal) they
- (intensive) they themselves
- sometimes used somewhat like a definite article; the
Usage notes
- As an intensive pronoun, ܗܢܝܢ must come before the noun it describes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hɑne(j)n]
Determiner
ܗܢܝܢ • (transliteration needed) f pl (feminine singular ܗܝ, masculine singular ܗܘ, masculine plural ܗܢܘܢ)
- (demonstrative) those
Usage notes
- As an attributive determiner, ܗܢܝܢ can come either before or after the noun it describes without any change in meaning.
Pronoun
ܗܢܝܢ • (transliteration needed) f pl (singular ܗܝ, singular masculine counterpart ܗܘ, plural masculine counterpart ܗܢܘܢ)
- (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 feminine plural definite article αἱ (hai).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hɛnjɑn]
Noun
ܗܢܝܢ • (transliteration needed)
- absolute singular of ܗܢܝܢܐ
- construct state singular of ܗܢܝܢܐ
References
- “hnyn”, 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