ܝܬܘܢ

• ܝܼܘܝܼܬܘܿܢ‎ (īwītōn)

Likely from a variant form of the verb ܗܵܘܹܐ‎ (hāwē, “to be”), forming unattested *ܝܲܗܘܝܼܬܘܿܢ‎ (*yahwītōn) or a corruption of ܗܵܘܝܼܬܘܿܢ‎ (hāwītōn), theoretically being contractions of *ܝܲܗܘܝܼܢ ܐܲܢ݇ܬܘܿܢ‎ (*yahwīn atōn) and *ܗܵܘܝܼܢ ܐܲܢ݇ܬܘܿܢ‎ (*hāwīn atōn) respectively.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔiːton.]

ܝܼܬܘܿܢ • (ītōn)

1. second-person plural present indicative of ܗܵܘܹܐ‎ (hāwē): You are

   ‏ܐܲܚܬܘܿܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܕܲܪܡܣܘܿܩ ܝܼܬܘܿܢ.‎‎ ― aḥtōn min darmsōq ītōn. ― You are from Damascus.

   ‏ܐܲܚܬܘܿܢ ܚܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܘܵܬܝܼ ܝܬܘܿܢ.‎‎ ― aḥtōn ḥaḇrāwātī ìtōn. ― You are my friends.

• The ܚܒ݂ܵܨܵܐ‎ (ḥḇāṣā) under the ܝܘܿܕ‎ (yōd) usually drops if a vowel sound precedes, with or without ܐ, and the ܝܘܿܕ‎ (yōd) coalesces. Therefore written ܝܬܘܿܢ (ìtōn)