Contraction of ܒܲܪ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ (bar nāšā, literally “son of man”), from ܒܲܪ (bar, “son of”) + ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ (nāšā, “the human, the person, the man”); compare similar in Hebrew בֶּן אָדָם (ben adám, literally “son of Adam”).
ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ • (barnāšā) m sg (plural ܒܢܲܝ̈ܢܵܫܵܐ (bnaynāšā), feminine ܒܲܪ݇ܬܢܵܫܵܐ (batnāšā))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܒܲܪܢܵܫܝܼ (barnāšī) | ܒܲܪܢܵܫܲܢ (barnāšan) | |||
| construct | ܒܲܪܢܵܫ (barnāš) | 2nd person | ܒܲܪܢܵܫܘܼܟ݂ (barnāšūḵ) | ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܟ݂ܝ (barnāšāḵ) | ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (barnāšāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ (barnāšā) | 3rd person | ܒܲܪܢܵܫܹܗ (barnāšēh) | ܒܲܪܢܵܫܘܿܗ̇ (barnāšōh) | ܒܲܪܢܵܫܗܘܿܢ (barnāšhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܒܢܲܝ̈ܢܵܫܝܼ (bnaynāšī) | ܒܢܲܝ̈ܢܵܫܲܢ (bnaynāšan) | |||
| construct | ܒܢܲܝ̈ܢܵܫ (bnaynāš) | 2nd person | ܒܢܲܝ̈ܢܵܫܘܼܟ݂ (bnaynāšūḵ) | ܒܢܲܝ̈ܢܵܫܵܟ݂ܝ (bnaynāšāḵ) | ܒܢܲܝ̈ܢܵܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bnaynāšāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܒܢܲܝ̈ܢܵܫܵܐ (bnaynāšā) | 3rd person | ܒܢܲܝ̈ܢܵܫܹܗ (bnaynāšēh) | ܒܢܲܝ̈ܢܵܫܘܿܗ̇ (bnaynāšōh) | ܒܢܲܝ̈ܢܵܫܗܘܿܢ (bnaynāšhōn) | |||