From From an older form *ܐܲܗܠܵܐ (*ˀahlā) with a shift from the an /ʔ/ to /j/, from Aramaic אׇהֲלָא (ʾāhălā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔahl- (“tent camp”); compare Arabic أَهْل (ʔahl, “kinfolk”), Hebrew אֹהֶל (óhel, “tent”) and Akkadian 𒌷 (ālum, “city, town”).
ܝܲܗܠܵܐ • (yahlā) m sg (plural ܝܲܗ̈ܠܹܐ (yahlē))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܝܲܗܠܝܼ (yahlī) | ܝܲܗܠܲܢ (yahlan) | |||
| construct | ܝܼܗܲܠ (īhal) | 2nd person | ܝܲܗܠܘܼܟ݂ (yahlūḵ) | ܝܲܗܠܵܟ݂ܝ (yahlāḵ) | ܝܲܗܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yahlāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܝܲܗܠܵܐ (yahlā) | 3rd person | ܝܲܗܠܹܗ (yahlēh) | ܝܲܗܠܵܗ̇ (yahlāh) | ܝܲܗܠܗܘܿܢ (yahlhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܝܲܗܠܝܼ̈ (yahlī) | ܝܲܗܠܲܢ̈ (yahlan) | |||
| construct | ܝܲܗܠܲܝ̈ (yahlay) | 2nd person | ܝܲܗܠܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (yahlūḵ) | ܝܲܗܠܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (yahlāḵ) | ܝܲܗܠܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yahlāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܝܲܗܠܹ̈ܐ (yahlē) | 3rd person | ܝܲܗܠܘܼ̈ܗܝ (yahlūh) | ܝܲܗܠ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (yahlōh) | ܝܲܗܠܗ̈ܘܿܢ (yahlhōn) | |||
From Proto-Semitic *ʔahl-.
ܝܗܠܐ • (yahlā) c (plural ܝܗܠܐ (yahlē))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܝܗܠ | 1st person | ܝܗܠܝ | ܝܗܠܢ | |||
| construct | ܝܗܠ | 2nd person | ܝܗܠܟ | ܝܗܠܟܝ | ܝܗܠܟܘܢ | ܝܗܠܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܝܗܠܐ | 3rd person | ܝܗܠܗ | ܝܗܠܗ | ܝܗܠܗܘܢ | ܝܗܠܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܝܗܠܝܢ | 1st person | ܝܗܠܝ | ܝܗܠܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܝܗܠܝ | 2nd person | ܝܗܠܝܟ | ܝܗܠܝܟܝ | ܝܗܠܝܟܘܢ | ܝܗܠܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܝܗܠܐ | 3rd person | ܝܗܠܘܗܝ | ܝܗܠܝܗ | ܝܗܠܝܗܘܢ | ܝܗܠܝܗܝܢ | ||