Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic אַפַּיָּא (ʾappayyā), originally the plural of the archaic word meaning nose, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʔanp-; compare Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf), Hebrew אַף (af), Akkadian 𒀊𒁍𒌝 (appum).
ܐܲܦܹ̈ܐ • (appē) f pl (plural only)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܲܦܝܼ̈ (apī) | ܐܲܦܲܢ̈ (appan) | ||
| construct | ܐܲܦܲܝ̈ (appay) | 2nd person | ܐܲܦܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (apūḵ) | ܐܲܦܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (appāḵ) | ܐܲܦܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (appāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܐܲܦܹ̈ܐ (appē) | 3rd person | ܐܲܦܘܼ̈ܗܝ (apūh) | ܐܲܦ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (appōh) | ܐܲܦܗ̈ܘܿܢ (aphōn) | ||
Originally the plural of the archaic word ܐܢܦܐ (ʾanpāʾ, “nose”); not used in Classical Syriac. Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʔanp- (“nose, nostril”).
ܐܦܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural only; not used in singular form)
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | (ܐܢܦ) | 1st person | (ܐܢܦܝ) | (ܐܢܦܢ) | |||
| construct | (ܐܢܦ) | 2nd person | (ܐܢܦܟ) | (ܐܢܦܟܝ) | (ܐܢܦܟܘܢ) | (ܐܢܦܟܝܢ) | ||
| emphatic | (ܐܢܦܐ) | 3rd person | (ܐܢܦܗ) | (ܐܢܦܗ) | (ܐܢܦܗܘܢ) | (ܐܢܦܗܝܢ) | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܦܝܢ | 1st person | ܐܦܝ | ܐܦܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܦܝ | 2nd person | ܐܦܝܟ | ܐܦܝܟܝ | ܐܦܝܟܘܢ | ܐܦܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܦܝܐ ,ܐܦܐ | 3rd person | ܐܦܘܗܝ | ܐܦܝܗ | ܐܦܝܗܘܢ | ܐܦܝܗܝܢ | ||