ܐܢܫܐ

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”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [naːʃaː]

ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ • (nāšā) m (plural ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ (nāšē))

1. person, one, someone

   ܗ̇ܘ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ. ― awa nāšā ṭāḇā ìlēh. ― He’s a good person.

2. mankind, humankind

   ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܠܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐ ― nāšā lnāšā ìlēh dēḇā ― Man is a wolf to man. (cf. homō hominī lupus)

3. (with possessive suffixes) expresses kinsfolk or relations (especially parents or inhabitants)

   ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ܕܛܘܼܪܵܐ ― nāšē d-ṭūrā ― People of the mountain

   ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ܕܕܲܫܬܵܐ ― nāšē d-daštā ― People of the plain

   ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ܕܒܲܝܬܲܢ ― nāšē d-baytan ― People of our house.

   ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܗ ܣܲܓܝܼ ܡܸܣ̈ܟܹܝܢܹܐ ܝܢܵܐ ― nāšēh sagī miskēnē ìnā ― His kin are very humble.

4. respectful term of address to an equal, especially when advising or rebuking, or when expressing distress or grief; man, brother, bro

   ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ، ܡܵܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܘܿܟ݂ ܓܲܘܹܗ؟ ― nāšā, mā īṯ lōḵ gawwēh? ― Brother, why do you care about what he does?

   ܚܘܿܪ ܡܵܐ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܒܚܲܝ̈ܝܼ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ― ḥōr mā brē lēh bḥayī nāšā ― Look what has happened to my life, man.

   ܡܵܐ ܡ̣ܢܘܿܟ݂ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ؟ ― What’s up man?

   ܕܝܼ ܒܲܣܵܐ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ― dī bassā nāšā ― Oh enough man!

• ܦܲܪܨܘܿܦܵܐ (parṣōpā)
• ܩܢܘܿܡܵܐ (qnōmā)

• ܢܫܐ (nāšā)

Compare Arabic أُنَاس (ʔunās) and إِنْس (ʔins) and Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ (ʾĕnôš).

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛ̆nɑʃɑʔ/, [ˈnɑ.ʃɑ] (singular and plural)

ܐܢܫܐ • ([ʾĕ]nāšā) c (plural ܐܢܫܐ)

1. human, man, mortal
2. mankind
3. (in the plural) people
4. (in the absolute state) one, someone, certain
5. (with possessive suffixes) expresses kinsfolk or relations (especially parents or inhabitants)

   ܐܢܫܝܗ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ

   [ʾĕ]nāšêh da-məḏī[n]ttā

   the people of the city

• ܐܢܫܐܝܬ ([ʾĕ]nāšāʾīṯ)
• ܐܢܫܘܬܐ ([ʾĕ]nāšūṯā)
• ܐܢܫܝܐ ([ʾĕ]nāšāyā)
• ܒܪ ܐܢܫܐ (bar [ʾĕ]nāšā)
  • ܒܪܢܫ (barneš)
  • ܡܬܒܪܢܫܢܘܬܐ (meṯbarnəšānūṯā)
• ܒܪܬ ܐܢܫܐ (ba[r]ṯ [ʾĕ]nāšā)

• ܓܒܪܐ (gaḇrā)

• “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