אני

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Hebrew[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

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[edit]
See also[edit]
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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. (psychology, Freudian) ego
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

אֳנִי • (oní) m

  1. defective spelling of אוני

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