ܐܢܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Arabic أُنَاس‎ (ʔunās) and إِنْس‎ (ʔins) and Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ‎ (ʾĕnôš).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔɛ̆nɑʃɑʔ/, [ˈnɑ.ʃɑ] (singular and plural)

Noun

ܐܢܫܐ • ([ʾĕ]nāšā) c (plural ܐܢܫܐ)

  1. human, man, mortal
  2. mankind
  3. (in the plural) people
  4. (in the absolute state) one, someone, certain
  5. (with possessive suffixes) expresses kinsfolk or relations (especially parents or inhabitants)
    • ‏ܐܢܫܝܗ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ‎
      [ʾĕ]nāšêh da-məḏī[n]ttā
      the people of the city

Inflection
    inflection of ܐܢܫܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܐܢܫ‎ ܐܢܫܝܢ‎
construct ܐܢܫ‎ ܐܢܫܝ‎
emphatic ܐܢܫܐ ܐܢܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܐܢܫܝ‎ ܐܢܫܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your) ܐܢܫܟ‎ ܐܢܫܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your) ܐܢܫܟܝ‎ ܐܢܫܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his) ܐܢܫܗ‎ ܐܢܫܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her) ܐܢܫܗ‎ ܐܢܫܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our) ܐܢܫܢ‎ ܐܢܫܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your) ܐܢܫܟܘܢ‎ ܐܢܫܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your) ܐܢܫܟܝܢ‎ ܐܢܫܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their) ܐܢܫܗܘܢ‎ ܐܢܫܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their) ܐܢܫܗܝܢ‎ ܐܢܫܝܗܝܢ‎

Derived terms
  • ܐܢܫܐܝܬ‎ ([ʾĕ]nāšāʾīṯ)
  • ܐܢܫܘܬܐ‎ ([ʾĕ]nāšūṯā)
  • ܐܢܫܝܐ‎ ([ʾĕ]nāšāyā)
  • ܒܪ ܐܢܫܐ‎ (bar [ʾĕ]nāšā)
    • ܒܪܢܫ‎ (barneš)
    • ܡܬܒܪܢܫܢܘܬܐ‎ (meṯbarnəšānūṯā)
  • ܒܪܬ ܐܢܫܐ‎ (ba[r]ṯ [ʾĕ]nāšā)

See also

References
  • “ˀnš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-22
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 13b
  • 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. 65a-b
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