ܗܢܘܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic הֵנוֹן (hennōn), from Proto-Semitic *šum; compare the dialectal alternative forms, Arabic هُمْ (hum), Hebrew הֵם (hem) and Akkadian 𒋗𒉡 (šunu).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [hɪnnoːn]

Pronoun

ܗܸܢܘܿܢ • (hinōn) m pl (masculine singular ܗ̇ܘ (awa), feminine singular ܗ̇ܝ (aya), feminine plural ܗܸܢܹܝܢ (hinnēn))

  1. (personal) they
  2. (intensive) they themselves
  3. (demonstrative) those, those things, those ones
  4. sometimes used somewhat like a definite article; the

Usage notes

  • As an intensive pronoun, ܗܸܢܘܿܢ (hinōn) must come before the noun it describes.

See also

    Classical Syriac

    Etymology 1

    Compare Arabic هُمْ (hum) and Hebrew הֵם (hēm). Compare also North Levantine Arabic هنه (hinni), a Western Aramaic substrate word.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [hɛnnon]

    Pronoun

    ܗܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܗܘ, singular feminine counterpart ܗܝ, plural feminine counterpart ܗܢܝܢ)

    1. (personal) they
    2. (intensive) they themselves
    3. sometimes used somewhat like a definite article; the
    Usage notes
    • As an intensive pronoun, ܗܢܘܢ must come before the noun it describes.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [hɑnon]

    Adjective

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    ܗܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܗܘ ; feminine ܗܝ)

    1. (demonstrative) those
    Usage notes
    • As an attributive adjective, ܗܢܘܢ can come either before or after the noun it describes without any change in meaning.

    Pronoun

    ܗܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܗܘ, singular feminine counterpart ܗܝ, plural feminine counterpart ܗܢܝܢ)

    1. (demonstrative) those things, those ones
    2. used somewhat like a definite article; the
    Usage notes
    • The sense of the definite article "the" is used especially when translating Ancient Greek texts, being the equivalent of the Ancient Greek masculine plural definite article οἱ (hoi).

    References

    • hnwn”, 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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