| Root |
|---|
| ܢ ܦ ܫ (n p š) |
| 3 terms |
From Aramaic נַפְשָׁא (nap̄šā), from Proto-Semitic *napš-; compare Akkadian 𒍣 (napištum), Arabic نَفْس (nafs), Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ (néfesh), and Ugaritic 𐎐𐎔𐎌 (npš /napšu/).
ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ • (nafšā) f sg (plural ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬܹ̈ܐ (nafšātē))
| Inflection of ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (nafšā) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܝܼ (nafšī) |
ܢܲܦ̮ܫܲܢ (nafšan) | |||
| construct | ܢܦ̮ܸܫ (nfiš) |
2nd person | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܘܼܟ݂ (nafšūḵ) |
ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܟ݂ܝ (nafšāḵ) |
ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nafšāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (nafšā) |
3rd person | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ (nafšēh) |
ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܗ̇ (nafšāh) |
ܢܲܦ̮ܫܗܘܿܢ (nafšhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬܝܼ̈ (nafšātī) |
ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬܲܢ̈ (nafšātan) | |||
| construct | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬ̈ (nafšāt) |
2nd person | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (nafšātūḵ) |
ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (nafšātāḵ) |
ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nafšātāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬܹ̈ܐ (nafšātē) |
3rd person | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬܘܼ̈ܗܝ (nafšātūh) |
ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (nafšātōh) |
ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬܗ̈ܘܿܢ (nafšāthōn) | |||
From Proto-Semitic *napš-. Compare Akkadian 𒍣 (ZI /napištum/), Arabic نَفْس (nafs), Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ (nép̄eš), and Ugaritic 𐎐𐎔𐎌 (npš /napšu/).
ܢܦܫܐ • (nap̄šā) f (plural ܢܦܫܬܐ)
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܢܦܫ | ܢܦܫܢ |
| construct | ܢܦܫ | ܢܦܫܬ |
| emphatic | ܢܦܫܐ | ܢܦܫܬܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܢܦܫܝ | ܢܦܫܬܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܢܦܫܟ | ܢܦܫܬܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܢܦܫܟܝ | ܢܦܫܬܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܢܦܫܗ | ܢܦܫܬܗ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܢܦܫܗ | ܢܦܫܬܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܢܦܫܢ | ܢܦܫܬܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܢܦܫܟܘܢ | ܢܦܫܬܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܢܦܫܟܝܢ | ܢܦܫܬܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܢܦܫܗܘܢ | ܢܦܫܬܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܢܦܫܗܝܢ | ܢܦܫܬܗܝܢ |