ܗܠܝܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac; compare Arabic هٰؤُلَاءِ‎ (hāʔulāʔi) and Hebrew אֵלֶּה‎ (éle).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [hɑːleːn]

Pronoun

ܗܵܠܹܝܢ • (hālēn) m pl or f pl (masculine singular ܗܵܢܵܐ‎ (hānā), feminine singular ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ‎ (hāḏē))

  1. (demonstrative) these, these things, these ones
    ‏ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܝܢܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ‎ ― hālēn ìnā ṭāḇē ― These are good
    ‏ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܗܵܠܹܝܢ‎‎ ― kē bāˁēn lhōn hālēn ― I want these ones
    ‏ܐܟ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܝܼ ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܚܲܒܘܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܬܸܡܵܠ‎ ― ḵīl lī hālēn ḥabbūšē timmāl ― I ate these apples yesterday

Classical Syriac

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

Adjective

ܗܠܝܢ • (transliteration needed) c pl (singular ܗܕܐ‎ ,ܗܢܐ‎)

  1. (demonstrative) these

Usage notes
  • As an attributive adjective, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) can come either before or after the noun it describes without any change in meaning.

Pronoun

ܗܠܝܢ • (transliteration needed) c pl (singular ܗܕܐ‎ or ܗܢܐ‎)

  1. (demonstrative) these things, these ones

References
  • “hlyn”, 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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