ܐܢܬ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic אַנְתְּ (ʾa(n)t), from Proto-Semitic *ʔanta; compare Arabic أَنْتَ (ʔanta), Hebrew אַתָּה (atá) and Akkadian 𒀜𒋫 (atta).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ܐܲܢ݇ܬ • (at) m sg (feminine ܐܲܢ݇ܬܝ (at), masculine plural ܐܲܢ݇ܬܘܿܢ (atōn), feminine plural ܐܲܢ݇ܬܹܝܢ (attēn))

  1. (personal) you, thou
  2. (intensive) you yourself

See also

    Classical Syriac

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-Semitic *ʔanta.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʔant/, [ʔat]
    • Homophone: ܐܢܬܝ

    Pronoun

    ܐܢܬ • (ʾa[n]t) m (plural ܐܢܬܘܢ, feminine singular ܐܢܬܝ, feminine plural ܐܢܬܝܢ)

    1. (personal) you, thou
    2. (intensive) you yourself

    Etymology 2

    Modified from above.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [-(ʔ)at] (after a word ending in a consonant)
    • IPA(key): [-t] (after a word ending in a vowel)
    • Homophone: ܐܢܬܝ

    Pronoun

    ܐܢܬ • (-ʾa[n]t, -t) m (plural ܐܢܬܘܢ, feminine singular ܐܢܬܝ, feminine plural ܐܢܬܝܢ)

    1. an enclitic used as a copula for a second-person masculine singular subject; you are
    Usage notes

    Usually, the form ܐܢܬ (ʾa[n]t) is written separately from the word it follows while the alternative form (-t) is written together with the word it follows.

    See also
    • ܐܝܬܝܟ

    References

    • ˀnt”, 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
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