אני

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku. Cognate with Aramaic אֲנָא (ʾănā) and Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

אֲנִי • (aní) m or f

  1. I (the first person nominative singular pronoun, masculine and feminine)
    • 1994, The Lion King, spoken by Scar (Eli Gorenstein):
      אני הרגתי את מופסה!
      Aní harágti et Mufása!
      I killed Mufasa!
Synonyms
See also
Hebrew personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person אֲנִי (aní),
אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí)[PP 1]		 אֲנַחְנוּ (anákhnu),
אָנוּ (ánu)[PP 2]
2nd person m אַתָּה (atá) אַתֶּם (atém)
f אַתְּ (at) אַתֶּן (atén)
3rd person m הוּא (hu) הֵם (hem)[PP 3]
f הִיא (hi) הֵן (hen)[PP 3]
  1. The form אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí) occurs many times in the Hebrew Bible, but is basically obsolete today.
  2. In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the form אָנוּ (ánu, “we”) is the more formal, אֲנָחנוּ (anákhnu) the more colloquial.
  3. In colloquial Modern Israeli Hebrew, the nominally masculine forms אַתֶּם (atém) and הֵם (hem) are sometimes taken as gender-neutral and substituted for אַתֶּן (atén) and הֵן (hen), this is sometimes considered incorrect.
Further reading

Noun

אֲנִי • (aní) m (no plural forms, no construct forms)

  1. (psychology, Freudian) ego
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Noun

אֳנִי • (oní) m

  1. defective spelling of אוני

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