ܐܢܫܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic אֱנָשָׁא (ʾĕnāšā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔināš-; compare Arabic أُنَاس (ʔunās) and إِنْس (ʔins), Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ (enósh), Akkadian 𒈬 (nīšum, “life”) and 𒌦𒎌 (nišū, “people”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [naːʃaː]
Noun
ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ • (nāšā) m (plural ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ (nāšē) or ܐ݇ܢܵܫ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (nāšwāṯā))
Usage notes
The plural ܐ݇ܢܵܫ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (nāšwāṯā) is only used for the sense of “relatives”, which is also only expressed through that plural.
Inflection
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐ݇ܢܵܫܝܼ (nāšī) |
ܐ݇ܢܵܫܲܢ (nāšan) | ||
| construct | ܐ݇ܢܵܫ (nāš) |
2nd person | ܐ݇ܢܵܫܘܼܟ݂ (nāšūḵ) |
ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܟ݂ܝ (nāšāḵ) |
ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nāšāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ (nāšā) |
3rd person | ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹܗ (nāšēh) |
ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܗ̇ (nāšāh) |
ܐ݇ܢܵܫܗܘܿܢ (nāšhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐ݇ܢܵܫܝܼ̈ (nāšī) |
ܐ݇ܢܵܫܲܢ̈ (nāšan) | ||
| construct | ܐ݇ܢܵܫܲܝ̈ (nāšay) |
2nd person | ܐ݇ܢܵܫܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (nāšūḵ) |
ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (nāšāḵ) |
ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nāšāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ (nāšē) |
3rd person | ܐ݇ܢܵܫܘܼ̈ܗܝ (nāšūh) |
ܐ݇ܢܵܫ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (nāšōh) |
ܐ݇ܢܵܫܗ̈ܘܿܢ (nāšhōn) | ||
Derived terms
- ܐ݇ܢܵܫܘܼܬܵܐ (nāšūtā, “humanity”)
- ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐܝܼܬ (nāšāˀīt, “humanly”)
- ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܝܵܐ (nāšāyā, “human”)
- ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ (barnāšā, “human being, person”)
- ܗܸܟ̰ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ (hič nāšā, “no one”)
- ܚܲܕ݇ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ (ḥa nāšā, “someone”)
- ܟܠ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ (kul nāšā, “everyone”)
- ܡܸܬܒܲܪܢܵܫܢܘܼܬܵܐ (mitbarnāšnūtā, “incarnation”)
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܢܫܐ (nāšā)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɛ̆nɑʃɑʔ/, [ˈnɑ.ʃɑ] (singular and plural)
Noun
ܐܢܫܐ • ([ʾĕ]nāšā) c (plural ܐܢܫܐ)
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
See also
- ܓܒܪܐ (gaḇrā)
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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