ܡܢ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

From Aramaic מִן (min), from Proto-West Semitic *min; compare Arabic مِنْ (min) and Hebrew מִן (min).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Preposition

ܡ̣ܢ or ܡܸܢ • (min or min)

  1. (of place) from, out of; at, on
    1. away from, used for reprimanding
      ܐܝܼܕ݂ܘܼܟ݂ ܡܸܢܵܗ̇ ― īḏūḵ minnāh ― Get your hand away from it!
  2. (of origin) from, of
  3. (of material) from, made of
  4. (of time) from, while, during, at, after
  5. (agentively) by, by means of, on account of, using
  6. (partitively) of, out of, some of
  7. (distributively) by, through, in
  8. (temporal) since
  9. (comparatively) than
  10. (idiomatic) among, on the side of, of the party; in the name of, on the authority of, according to
  11. instead of, without
  12. because of
Usage notes
  • This word is often written as “ܡ̣ܢ” in unvocalized texts in order to distinguish itself from “ܡܲܢ (man, “who”)”.
Inflection
Inflection of ܡ̣ܢ
base form ܡ̣ܢ (min)
Personal-pronoun including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person ܡܸܢܝܼ (minī) ܡܸܢܲܢ (minnan)
2nd person ܡܸܢܘܼܟ݂ (minūḵ) ܡܸܢܵܟ݂ܝ (minnāḵ) ܡܸܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (minnāwḵōn)
3rd person ܡܸܢܹܗ (minnēh) ܡܸܢܵܗ̇ (minnāh) ܡܸܢܗܘܿܢ (minhōn)

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic مَنْ (man), Hebrew מִי (mi).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ܡ̇ܢ or ܡܲܢ • (man or man)

  1. (interrogatively) who? which?
  2. who, the person or persons that
Usage notes
  • This word is often written as “ܡ̇ܢ” in unvocalized texts in order to distinguish itself from “ܡܸܢ (min, “from”)”.
Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic مِنْ (min), Hebrew מִן (min).

Pronunciation

Preposition

ܡܢ • (men)

  1. (of place) from, out of; at, on
  2. (of origin) from, of
  3. (of material) from, made of
  4. (of time) from, while, during, at, after
  5. (agentively) by, by means of, on account of, using
  6. (partitively) of, out of, some of
  7. (distributively) by, through, in
  8. (comparatively) than
  9. (idiomatic) among, on the side of, of the party; in the name of, on the authority of, according to
  10. instead of, without
Inflection

Takes type-I suffixes.

Inflection of ܡܢ
person singular plural
m f m f
1st person ܡܢܝ ܡܢܢ
2nd person ܡܢܟ ܡܢܟܝ ܡܢܟܘܢ ܡܢܟܝܢ
3rd person ܡܢܗ ܡܢܗ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܡܢܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic مَنْ (man), Hebrew מִי (mî).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ܡܢ • (man)

  1. (interrogatively) who? which?

Etymology 3

Compare Arabic مَا (mā), Hebrew מָה (mā).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ܡܢ • (mān)

  1. (interrogative) what? which?

Adverb

ܡܢ • (mān)

  1. (interrogatively) why? wherefore?
  2. (preceding an adjective) how! so!

Conjunction

ܡܢ • (mān)

  1. because, since, the fact that

Etymology 4

From Ancient Greek μέν (mén).

Pronunciation

Adverb

ܡܢ • (man)

  1. indeed
Coordinate terms

References

  • “mn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-24
  • “mn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-24
  • “mn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-24
  • “mn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 393b
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 186b-187a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 280a-281b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 778b-779a
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