ܐܚܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Semitic *ʾaḫ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔăħɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔăħe] (plural)

Noun

ܐܚܐ • (ʾăḥāʾ) m (plural ܐܚܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܬܐ)

1. brother
2. (in the plural) siblings
3. kinsman, friend, companion
4. peer, colleague, associate
5. neighbor/neighbour
6. monk, friar

Usage notes

The word ܐܚܐ is one of only three nouns in the entire language that have an irregular possessive stem ending in the letter Waw; the other two being ܐܒܐ (ʾăḇāʾ, “father”) and ܚܡܐ (ḥəmāʾ, “father-in-law”).

Inflection

    declension of ܐܚܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܚ	ܐܚܝܢ
construct	ܐܚ	ܐܚܝ
emphatic	ܐܚܐ	ܐܚܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܚܝ	ܐܚܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܚܘܟ	ܐܚܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܚܘܟܝ	ܐܚܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܚܘܗܝ	ܐܚܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܚܘܗ	ܐܚܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܚܘܢ	ܐܚܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܚܘܟܘܢ	ܐܚܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܚܘܟܝܢ	ܐܚܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܚܘܗܘܢ	ܐܚܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܚܘܗܝܢ	ܐܚܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܐܚܘܢܐ (ʾăḥōnāʾ)
• ܐܚܘܬܐ (ʾăḥūṯāʾ)

References

• “ˀḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-15
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 5a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 9b
• 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. 25a