ܥܝܢܗ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

The sense of “the same” is a semantic loan from Ottoman Turkish عینی (aynı), from Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn, “eye; the thing itself”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʕaj.nehː]

Determiner

ܥܲܝܢܹܗ • (ˁaynēh) m sg (feminine ܥܲܝܢܵܗ̇ (ʿaynāh), plural ܥܲܝܢܗܘܿܢ (ʿaynhon))

1. (dialectal) the same

   Synonym: ܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ (nafšēh)

   ܡܸܢܕܝܼ ܥܲܝܢܹܗ ― mindī ˁaynēh ― the same thing (literally, “the thing its eye”)

   ܦܲܪܨܘܿܦܵܐ ܥܲܝܢܹܗ ― parṣōpā ˁaynēh ― the same person (literally, “the person its eye”)

   ܫܵܥܬܵܐ ܥܲܝܢܵܗ̇ ― šāˁtā ˁaynāh ― the same hour (literally, “the hour its eye”)

Noun

ܥܲܝܢܹܗ • (ˁaynēh)

1. third-person single-possession of ܥܲܝܢܵܐ (ˁaynā); his/its eye