Ultimately from Italian inglese + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending), borrowed through either Ottoman Turkish انگلیز (ingiliz), Persian انگلیس (engelis, literally “England”) or Arabic إِنْجْلِيز (ʔinglīz, literally “Englishmen”), .
ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܵܐ • (inglīsāyā) (feminine ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܬܵܐ (inglīsāytā), plural ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܹ̈ܐ (inglīsāyē))
ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܵܐ • (inglīsāyā) m (plural ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܹ̈ܐ (inglīsāyē), feminine ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܬܵܐ (inglīsāytā))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܝܼ (inglīsāyī) | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܲܢ (inglīsāyan) | |||
| construct | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝ (inglīsāy) | 2nd person | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (inglīsāyūḵ) | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (inglīsāyāḵ) | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (inglīsāyāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܵܐ (inglīsāyā) | 3rd person | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܹܗ (inglīsāyēh) | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܵܗ̇ (inglīsāyāh) | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܗܘܿܢ (inglīsāyhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܝܼ̈ (inglīsāyī) | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܲܢ̈ (inglīsāyan) | |||
| construct | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܲܝ̈ (inglīsāyay) | 2nd person | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (inglīsāyūḵ) | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (inglīsāyāḵ) | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (inglīsāyāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܹ̈ܐ (inglīsāyē) | 3rd person | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܘܼ̈ܗܝ (inglīsāyūh) | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (inglīsāyōh) | ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣܵܝܗ̈ܘܿܢ (inglīsāyhōn) | |||