ܐܢܐ

From Aramaic אֲנָא‎ (ʾănā) with a lengthening of the first syllable, possible influence to and from Gulf Arabic آنَا‎ (āna) or Iraqi Arabic آني‎ (āni). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku; compare Arabic أَنَا‎ (ʔanā), Hebrew אֲנִי‎ (aní) and Akkadian 𒀀𒈾𒆪 (anāku).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ɑːnɑː]

ܐܵܢܵܐ • (ānā) c sg (plural ܐܲܚܢܲܢ‎ (aḥnan))

1. (personal) I
2. (intensive) I myself

Possibly from ܐܵܗܵܐ‎ (aha) + ܐܵܢܝܼ‎ (anī)

• IPA^(key): [ɑn.ne.]

ܐܲܢܹܐ or ܐܲܢܲܝ̈‎ • (annē or annay) c (singular ܐܵܗܵܐ‎ (āhā))

1. plural of ܐܵܗܵܐ‎ (āhā): these, those

• This is the most common spelling in vocalised texts. ܐܲܢܲܝ̈‎ (annay) is more common in unvocalised texts.

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku. Compare Arabic أَنَا‎ (ʔanā), Hebrew אֲנִי‎ (ʾănî).

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛ̆nɑ(ʔ)]

ܐܢܐ • (ʾĕnāʾ) c (plural ܚܢܢ‎ or ܐܢܚܢܢ‎)

1. (personal) I
2. (intensive) I myself

Modified from above, with the initial consonant and vowel quiescing.

• ܢܐ-‎

• IPA^(key): [-nɑ(ʔ)]

ܐܢܐ • (-nāʾ) c (plural ܚܢܢ‎)

1. an enclitic used as a copula for a first-person singular subject; I am

Usually, the form ܐܢܐ‎ (ʾĕnāʾ) is written separately from the word it follows while the alternative form ܢܐ-‎ (-nāʾ) is written together with the word it follows.

• ܐܝܬܝ‎

• “ˀnˀ”, 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. 12b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 21a
• 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. 58b

• IPA^(key): /ʔono/

ܐܢܐ • (ʾōnō) c (plural ܐܚܢܐ‎)

1. (personal) I
2. (intensive) I myself

Modified from above.

• ܢܐ-‎ (n-)

• IPA^(key): /no/ (singular)
• IPA^(key): /na/ (plural)

ܐܢܐ • (-nō) c (plural ܢܐ‎)

1. an enclitic used as a copula for a first-person singular subject; I am