From the older form ܥܵܢܵܐ (ˁānā), inherited from Aramaic , from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́aʔn-. Compare Classical Syriac ܥܵܢܵܐ (ˁānā, “flock (especially of sheep)”), Turoyo ܥܘܳܢܐ (cwono, “sheep”), Arabic ضَأْن (ḍaʔn), Hebrew צֹאן (tsón) and Akkadian 𒇇𒇻𒄭𒀀 (ṣēnum).
ܥܘܵܢܵܐ • (ˁwānā) f (plural ܥ̈ܘܵܢܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ˁwānāṯā), masculine ܟܸܒ݂ܫܵܐ (kiḇšā) or ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܐ (diḵrā))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܥܘܵܢ (ˁwān) | 1st person | ܥܘܵܢܝܼ (ˁwānī) | ܥܘܵܢܲܢ (ˁwānan) | |||
| construct | ܥܘܵܢ (ˁwān) | 2nd person | ܥܘܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (ˁwānōḵ) | ܥܘܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (ˁwānāḵ) | ܥܘܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ˁwānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܥܘܵܢܵܐ (ˁwānā) | 3rd person | ܥܘܵܢܹܗ (ˁwānēh) | ܥܘܵܢܵܗ̇ (ˁwānāh) | ܥܘܵܢܗܘܿܢ (ˁwānhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܥܘܵܢܵܢ̈ (ˁwānān) | 1st person | ܥܘܵܢܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (ˁwānāṯī) | ܥܘܵܢܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (ˁwānāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܥܘܵܢܵܬ݂̈ (ˁwānāṯ) | 2nd person | ܥܘܵܢܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ˁwānāṯōḵ) | ܥܘܵܢܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ˁwānāṯāḵ) | ܥܘܵܢܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ˁwānāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܥ̈ܘܵܢܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ˁwānāṯā) | 3rd person | ܥ̈ܘܵܢܵܬ݂ܹܗ (ˁwānāṯēh) | ܥ̈ܘܵܢܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (ˁwānāṯāh) | ܥܘܵܢܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (ˁwānāṯhōn) | |||