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Such Interjections are ܐܘّ (§ 9), ܐܘܿܢ "O!" ܝܳܝ, ܝܳܐ "O!"; ܐܘܿܗ "Ah!"; ܐܷܗܶܐ "Ho! Ho!" (in mockery), &c. Also the demonstrative form ܗܳܐ "Here!" "Lo!", which is greatly employed in the formation of Pronouns and Adverbs, is to be regarded as originally an interjection.
Nouns.
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§ 63.
Nouns.
§ 63. (a) Subject-Forms.
Separate Forms. | Enclitic Forms. | |||||||
Singular. | 1. person "I" | ܐܷܢܳܐ | (ܐܿܢܐ) | ܐ̄ܢܳܐ | (ܐܼܢܐ), ܢܳܐ | |||
2. pers. "Thou" | m. | ܐܱܢ̄ܬ݁ | ◌ܰܬ݁ | |||||
f. | ܐܱܢ̄ܬ݁ܝ | ◌ܰܬ݁ܝ | ||||||
3. pers. | m. "He" | ܗܼܽܘ | ܗ̄ܘ, | ܘ (§ 38) | ||||
f. "She" | ܗ̣ܺܝ | ܗ̄ܝ | ||||||
Plural. | 1. person "We" | ܐܚܢܢ, | ܚܢܱܢ | ܢܱܢ | ||||
2. pers. "You" | m. | ܐܱܢ̄ܬ݁ܘܿܢ | ܬܘܿܢ | |||||
f. | ܐܱܢ̄ܬܷ݁ܝܢ | ܬܷܝܢ | ||||||
3. pers. "They" | m. | ܗܼܶܢܘܿܢ | ܐܷܢܘܿܢ | |||||
f. | ܗܼܶܢܷܝܢ | ܐܷܢܷܝܢ |
On ܗܽܘܢܽܘ "he is", ܗܽܝܺܝ "she is" v. § 38.
Rem. The form ܐܢܚܢܢ,—(originally anaḥnån, but in our literature certainly no longer of three syllables, indeed seldom having two as ånaḥnan, and commonly being monosyllabic in speech, and merely a remnant of early orthography for ܚܢܱܢ, ܢܱܢ),—is found only in old manuscripts.
ܐܷܢܘܿܢ, ܐܷܢܷܝܢ, besides representing enclitic Subject-forms or Copula-forms (§ 311 sq.), represent also for the 3rd pers. pl. the Object, which is ex-
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