ܐܢܬ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic أَنْتَ (ʾanta) and Hebrew אַתָּה (ʾattâ).

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

• -ܬ

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 -ܬ (-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