From Aramaic אִנְתְּתָא (ʾintəṯā), from Proto-Semitic *anṯat-; compare Arabic أُنْثَى (ʔunṯā), Hebrew אִשָּׁה (ishá), Akkadian 𒁮 (DAM /aššatu/) and Ugaritic 𐎀𐎘𐎚 (ʾaṯt).
ܐܲܢ݇ܬܬ݂ܵܐ • (atṯā) f (plural ܢܸܫܹ̈ܐ (niššē) or ܐܸܢ̈ܫܹܐ (inšē), masculine ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (gaḇrā))
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܲܢ݇ܬܬ݂ܝܼ (atṯī) |
ܐܲܢ݇ܬܬ݂ܲܢ (atṯan) | ||
| construct | ܐܲܢ݇ܬܲܬ݂ (attaṯ) |
2nd person | ܐܲܢ݇ܬܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (atṯūḵ) |
ܐܲܢ݇ܬܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (atṯāḵ) |
ܐܲܢ݇ܬܬ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (atṯāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܐܲܢ݇ܬܬ݂ܵܐ (atṯā) |
3rd person | ܐܲܢ݇ܬܬ݂ܹܗ (atṯēh) |
ܐܲܢ݇ܬܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (atṯāh) |
ܐܲܢ݇ܬܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (atṯhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܢܸܫܝܼ̈ (nišī) |
ܢܸܫܲܢ̈ (niššan) | ||
| construct | ܢܸܫܲܝ̈ (niššay) |
2nd person | ܢܸܫܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (nišūḵ) |
ܢܸܫܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (niššāḵ) |
ܢܸܫܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (niššāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܢܸܫܹ̈ܐ (niššē) |
3rd person | ܢܸܫܘܼ̈ܗܝ (nišūh) |
ܢܸܫ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (niššōh) |
ܢܸܫܗ̈ܘܿܢ (nišhōn) | ||
From Proto-Semitic *anṯat-. Compare Akkadian 𒁮 (DAM /aššatu/), Arabic أُنْثَى (ʔunṯā), Hebrew אִשָּׁה (ʾiššâ), and Ugaritic 𐎀𐎘𐎚 (ʾaṯt).
ܐܢܬܬܐ • (ʾa(n)təṯā) f (plural ܢܫܐ (neššē), singular masculine counterpart ܓܒܪܐ (gaḇrā))
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܐܢܬܐ | ܢܫܝܢ |
| construct | ܐܢܬܬ | ܢܫܝ |
| emphatic | ܐܢܬܬܐ | ܢܫܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܐܢܬܬܝ | ܢܫܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܐܢܬܬܟ | ܢܫܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܐܢܬܬܟܝ | ܢܫܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܐܢܬܬܗ | ܢܫܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܐܢܬܬܗ | ܢܫܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܐܢܬܬܢ | ܢܫܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܐܢܬܬܟܘܢ | ܢܫܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܐܢܬܬܟܝܢ | ܢܫܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܐܢܬܬܗܘܢ | ܢܫܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܐܢܬܬܗܝܢ | ܢܫܝܗܝܢ |