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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Aramaic הֵנוֹן (hennōn), from Proto-Semitic *šum; compare the dialectal alternative forms, Arabic هُمْ (hum), Hebrew הֵם (hem) and Akkadian 𒋗𒉡 (šunu).
Pronoun
ܗܸܢܘܿܢ • (hinōn) m pl (masculine singular ܗ̇ܘ (awa), feminine singular ܗ̇ܝ (aya), feminine plural ܗܸܢܹܝܢ (hinnēn))
- (personal) they
- (intensive) they themselves
- (demonstrative) those, those things, those ones
- sometimes used somewhat like a definite article; the
Usage notes
- As an intensive pronoun, ܗܸܢܘܿܢ (hinōn) must come before the noun it describes.
See also
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic personal pronouns
Etymology 2
Inherited from Aramaic הָנוֹן (hānōn).
Pronoun
ܗܵܢܘܿܢ • (hānōn) m pl (masculine singular ܗܵܘ (hāw), feminine singular ܗܵܝ (hāy), feminine plural ܗܵܢܹܝܢ (hānēn))
- (demonstrative) those; those things, those ones (not physically present)
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
Compare Arabic هُمْ (hum) and Hebrew הֵם (hēm). Compare also North Levantine Arabic هنه (hinni), a Western Aramaic substrate word.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ܗܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܗܘ, singular feminine counterpart ܗܝ, plural feminine counterpart ܗܢܝܢ)
- (personal) they
- (intensive) they themselves
- sometimes used somewhat like a definite article; the
Usage notes
- As an intensive pronoun, ܗܢܘܢ must come before the noun it describes.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adjective
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- (demonstrative) those
Usage notes
- As an attributive adjective, ܗܢܘܢ can come either before or after the noun it describes without any change in meaning.
Pronoun
ܗܢܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m pl (singular ܗܘ, singular feminine counterpart ܗܝ, plural feminine counterpart ܗܢܝܢ)
- (demonstrative) those things, those ones
- used somewhat like a definite article; the
Usage notes
- The sense of the definite article "the" is used especially when translating Ancient Greek texts, being the equivalent of the Ancient Greek masculine plural definite article οἱ (hoi).
References
- “hnwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Brockelmann, Carl (1895) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), Berlin, Edinburgh: Reuther & Reichard, T. & T. Clark
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press