ܗܢܝܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܐܵܢܝܼ (ānī)

Etymology

From Aramaic הֵנֵין (hennēn), from Proto-Semitic *šin; compare the dialectal alternative forms, Arabic هُنَّ (hunna), Hebrew הֵן (hen) and Akkadian 𒅆𒈾 (šina).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [hɪnneːn]

Pronoun

ܗܸܢܹܝܢ • (hinnēn) f pl (masculine singular ܗ̇ܘ (awa), feminine singular ܗ̇ܝ (aya), masculine plural ܗܸܢܘܿܢ (hinōn))

1. (personal) they
2. (intensive) they themselves
3. (demonstrative) those, those things, those ones
4. sometimes used somewhat like a definite article; the

Usage notes

• As an intensive pronoun, ܗܸܢܹܝܢ (hinnēn) must come before the noun it describes.

See also

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic personal pronouns

Isolated nominative pronouns
		singular	plural
1st person		ܐܵܢܵܐ (ānā)	ܐܲܚܢܲܢ (aḥnan)
2nd person	m	ܐܲܢ݇ܬ (at)	ܐܲܢ݇ܬܘܿܢ (atōn)
	f	ܐܲܢ݇ܬܝ (at)	ܐܲܢ݇ܬܹܝܢ (attēn)
3rd person	m	ܗ̇ܘ (awa)	ܗܸܢܘܿܢ (hinōn)
	f	ܗ̇ܝ (aya)	ܗܸܢܹܝܢ (hinnēn)
Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns
		singular	plural
1st person		-ܝܼ (-ī)	-ܲܢ (-an)
2nd person	m	-ܘܼܟ݂ (-ūḵ)	-ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (-āwḵōn)
	f	-ܵܟ݂ܝ (-āḵ)
3rd person	m	-ܹܗ (-ēh); -ܘܼܗܝ (-ūh)	-ܗܘܿܢ (-hōn)
	f	-ܵܗ̇ (-āh); -ܘܿܗ̇ (-ōh)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic هُنّ (hunna) and Hebrew הֵן (hēn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɛnne(j)n]

Pronoun

ܗܢܝܢ • (transliteration needed) f pl (singular ܗܝ, singular masculine counterpart ܗܘ, plural masculine counterpart ܗܢܘܢ)

1. (personal) they
2. (intensive) they themselves
3. sometimes used somewhat like a definite article; the

Usage notes

• As an intensive pronoun, ܗܢܝܢ must come before the noun it describes.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɑne(j)n]

Determiner

ܗܢܝܢ • (transliteration needed) f pl (feminine singular ܗܝ, masculine singular ܗܘ, masculine plural ܗܢܘܢ)

1. (demonstrative) those

Usage notes

• As an attributive determiner, ܗܢܝܢ can come either before or after the noun it describes without any change in meaning.

Pronoun

ܗܢܝܢ • (transliteration needed) f pl (singular ܗܝ, singular masculine counterpart ܗܘ, plural masculine counterpart ܗܢܘܢ)

1. (demonstrative) those things, those ones
2. used somewhat like a definite article; the

Usage notes

• The sense of the definite article "the" is used especially when translating Ancient Greek texts, being the equivalent of the Ancient Greek feminine plural definite article αἱ (hai).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɛnjɑn]

Noun

ܗܢܝܢ • (transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܗܢܝܢܐ
2. construct state singular of ܗܢܝܢܐ

References

• “hnyn”, 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