ܐܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology 1
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).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [ɑːnɑː]
See also
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑn.ne.]
Usage notes
- This is the most common spelling in vocalised texts. ܐܲܢܲܝ̈ (annay) is more common in unvocalised texts.
Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔɛ̆nɑ(ʔ)]
Etymology 2
Modified from above, with the initial consonant and vowel quiescing.
Alternative forms
- ܢܐ-
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [-nɑ(ʔ)]
Pronoun
ܐܢܐ • (-nāʾ) c (plural ܚܢܢ)
- an enclitic used as a copula for a first-person singular subject; I am
Usage notes
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.
See also
- ܐܝܬܝ
References
- “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
Turoyo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔono/
See also
Etymology 2
Modified from above.
Alternative forms
- ܢܐ- (n-)
Pronoun
ܐܢܐ • (-nō) c (plural ܢܐ)
- an enclitic used as a copula for a first-person singular subject; I am
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