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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology 1
From Aramaicאֲנָא(ʾănā) with a lengthening of the first syllable, possible influence to and from Gulf Arabicآنَا(āna) or Iraqi Arabicآني(āni), but compare Turoyoܐܳܢܐ(ono), hinting at a historical long /ā/. In other cases, a short initial /a/ without doubling afterwards where it usually would happen has let to it elongating, such as many dialects’ realization of ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ (/ʾalāhā/) as /ʾālāhā/.
Otherwise from the variant form Aramaicאנא(ʾĕnā) whose pronunciation is seen in Classical Syriacܐܸܢܵܐ(ʾĕnā) and reflected still in the dialectal Turoyo form Turoyoܐܷܢܐ(ëno). A shift from a short initial /ʾĕ/ without doubling afterwards where it would usually happen has led to its shift into /ʾă/, again seen in Aramaicאֱלָהָא(ʾĕlāhā) into ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ(ʾălāhā).
an enclitic used as a copula for a first-person singular subject; I am
Usage notes
Usually, the form ܐܢܐ(ʾĕnā) is written separately from the word it follows while the alternative form ܢܐ-(-nā) is written together with the word it follows.
“ˀnˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-16
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Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 21a
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