ܐܢܝܢ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Modified from ܗܢܝܢ‎ (hennên, “they”), with the initial consonant quiescing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [-(ʔ)ɛnne(j)n]

Pronoun

ܐܢܝܢ • (transliteration needed) f pl (singular ܗܝ‎, singular masculine counterpart ܗܘ‎, plural masculine counterpart ܐܢܘܢ‎)

  1. an enclitic used as a copula for a third-person plural feminine subject; they are
  2. (with a preceding first- or second-person plural pronoun) an enclitic used as a copula for a plural feminine subject; (we) are, (you) are
See also
  • ܐܝܬܝܗܝܢ‎

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʔɛnne(j)n]

Pronoun

ܐܢܝܢ • (transliteration needed) f pl (singular ܠܗ‎, singular masculine counterpart ܠܗ‎, plural feminine counterpart ܐܢܘܢ‎)

  1. often used as a third-person plural feminine direct object; them
See also
  • ܠܗܝܢ‎

References
  • “ˀnyn”, 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
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