ܐܢܬܝܢ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
Compare Arabic أَنْتُنَّ (ʾantunna) and Hebrew אַתֶּן (ʾatten).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ܐܢܬܝܢ • (transliteration needed) f pl (singular ܐܢܬܝ, singular masculine counterpart ܐܢܬ, plural masculine counterpart ܐܢܬܘܢ)
- (personal) you
- (intensive) you yourselves
Etymology 2
Modified from above.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [-(ʔ)atte(j)n] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "after a word ending in a consonant" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- IPA(key): [-te(j)n] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "after a word ending in a vowel" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Pronoun
ܐܢܬܝܢ • (transliteration needed) f pl (singular ܐܢܬܝ, singular masculine counterpart ܐܢܬ, plural masculine counterpart ܐܢܬܘܢ)
- an enclitic used as a copula for a second-person feminine plural subject; you are
Usage notes
- Usually, the form ܐܢܬܝܢ is written separately from the word it follows while the alternative form ܬܝܢ- is written together with the word it follows.
See also
References
- “ˀntyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Brockelmann, Carl (1895) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), Berlin, Edinburgh: Reuther & Reichard, T. & T. Clark
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press