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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology 1
Developed from ܐܸܠܵܐ (illā) or borrowed from Northern Kurdish inâ.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
ܐܝܼܢܵܐ • (īnā)
- but
- however
See also
Etymology 2
Inherited from Aramaic אַיְנָא (ʾaynā), from אַי (ʾay) + הָנָא (hānā, “this”), hence from Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-; compare Hebrew אֵיזֶה (éize), Arabic أَيّ (ʔayy) and Akkadian 𒀀𒀀𒌑𒌝 (ayyum).
Pronunciation
Determiner
ܐܲܝܢܵܐ • (aynā) (feminine ܐܲܝܕܵܐ (aydā), plural ܐܲܝܠܹܝܢ (aylēn))
- (interrogative) which
- ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܚܲܒܘܼܫܵܐ ܐ݇ܟ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܘܼܟ݂؟ ― aynā ḥabūšā ḵīl lūḵ? ― Which apple did you eat?
- ܡ̣ܢ ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ؟ ― min aynā aṯrā ìwet? ― From which country are you?
- (with ܕ- (d-, “that”)) whichever (The/Any ... that)
- ܫܩܘܿܠ ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܚܲܒܘܼܫܵܐ ܕܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܬ ― šqōl aynā ḥabūšā d-kē bāˁēt ― Take whichever apple you want.
Pronoun
ܐܲܝܢܵܐ • (aynā) (feminine ܐܲܝܕܵܐ (aydā), plural ܐܲܝܠܹܝܢ (aylēn))
- (interrogative) which one (What one (of those mentioned or implied))
- ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܐ݇ܟ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܘܼܟ݂؟ ― aynā ḵīl lūḵ? ― Which one did you eat?
- ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܝܵܠܕ݇ܘܼܟ݂؟ ― aynā ìlēh yālūḵ? ― Which one is your child?
- (directly followed by ܕ- (d-)) Whichever one that…, He who…
- ܫܩܘܿܠ ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܕܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܬ ― šqōl aynā d-kē bāˁēt ― Take whichever one that you want.
- ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܕܡܲܨܝܸܬ݂ ܠܢܘܼܟ݂ܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܚܵܙܹܐ ܦܨܝܼܚܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ― aynā d-maṣyiṯ l-nuḵrāyē lā kē ḥāzē pṣīḥūṯā ― He who/Whichever one that heeds to strangers will not see happiness.
Usage notes
Many dialects only use the masculine form regardless of gender or plural.
Derived terms