Inherited from Aramaic נַפְשָׁא (nap̄šā) with the first sense a semantic loan from Classical Syriac, from Proto-Semitic *napš-; compare Akkadian 𒍣 (napištum), Arabic نَفْس (nafs), Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ (néfesh), and Ugaritic 𐎐𐎔𐎌 (npš /napšu/).
ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ • (nafšā) f sg (plural ܢܲܦ̮̈ܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (nafšāṯā))
isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
m | f | |||||||
singular | absolute | ܢܦ̮ܸܫ (nfiš) | 1st person | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܝܼ (nafšī) | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܲܢ (nafšan) | |||
construct | ܢܦ̮ܸܫ (nfiš) | 2nd person | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܘܼܟ݂ (nafšōḵ) | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܟ݂ܝ (nafšāḵ) | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nafšawḵōn) | |||
emphatic | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (nafšā) | 3rd person | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ (nafšēh) | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܗ̇ (nafšāh) | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܗܘܿܢ (nafšhōn) | |||
plural | absolute | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܢ̈ (nafšān) | 1st person | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (nafšāṯī) | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (nafšāṯan) | |||
construct | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬ݂̈ (nafšāṯ) | 2nd person | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (nafšāṯōḵ) | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (nafšāṯāḵ) | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nafšāṯawḵōn) | |||
emphatic | ܢܲܦ̮̈ܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (nafšāṯā) | 3rd person | ܢܲܦ̮̈ܫܵܬ݂ܹܗ (nafšāṯēh) | ܢܲܦ̮̈ܫܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (nafšāṯāh) | ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (nafšāṯhōn) |
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)
isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
m | f | m | f | |||||
singular | absolute | ܢܦܫ | 1st person | ܢܦܫܝ | ܢܦܫܢ | |||
construct | ܢܦܫ | 2nd person | ܢܦܫܟ | ܢܦܫܟܝ | ܢܦܫܟܘܢ | ܢܦܫܟܝܢ | ||
emphatic | ܢܦܫܐ | 3rd person | ܢܦܫܗ | ܢܦܫܗ | ܢܦܫܗܘܢ | ܢܦܫܗܝܢ | ||
plural | absolute | ܢܦܫܢ | 1st person | ܢܦܫܬܝ | ܢܦܫܬܢ | |||
construct | ܢܦܫܬ | 2nd person | ܢܦܫܬܟ | ܢܦܫܬܟܝ | ܢܦܫܬܟܘܢ | ܢܦܫܬܟܝܢ | ||
emphatic | ܢܦܫܬܐ | 3rd person | ܢܦܫܬܗ | ܢܦܫܬܗ | ܢܦܫܬܗܘܢ | ܢܦܫܬܗܝܢ |