ܗܢܘܢ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic هُمْ‎ (hum) and Hebrew הֵם‎ (hēm). Compare also North Levantine Arabic هنه‎ (hinni), a Syriac substrate word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hɛnnon]

Pronoun

ܗܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܗܘ‎, singular feminine counterpart ܗܝ‎, plural feminine counterpart ܗܢܝܢ‎)

  1. (personal) they
  2. (intensive) they themselves
  3. sometimes used somewhat like a definite article; the
Usage notes
  • As an intensive pronoun, ܗܢܘܢ‎ must come before the noun it describes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hɑnon]

Adjective

ܗܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܗܘ‎ ; feminine ܗܝ‎)

  1. (demonstrative) those
Usage notes
  • As an attributive adjective, ܗܢܘܢ‎ can come either before or after the noun it describes without any change in meaning.

Pronoun

ܗܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܗܘ‎, singular feminine counterpart ܗܝ‎, plural feminine counterpart ܗܢܝܢ‎)

  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 masculine plural definite article οἱ (hoi).

References

  • “hnwn”, 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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