Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛ̆nɑ(ʔ)]

Pronoun

ܐܢܐ • ‎(ʾĕnāʾ) c ‎(plural ܚܢܢ or ܐܢܚܢܢ)

1. (personal) I
2. (intensive) I myself

Etymology 2

Modified from above, with the initial consonant and vowel quiescing.

Alternative forms

• ܢܐ-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-nɑ(ʔ)]

Pronoun

ܐܢܐ • ‎(-nāʾ) c ‎(plural ܚܢܢ)

1. an enclitic used as a copula for a first-person singular subject; I am

Usage notes

Usually, the form ܐܢܐ ‎(ʾĕnāʾ) is written separately from the word it follows while the alternative form ܢܐ- ‎(-nāʾ) is written together with the word it follows.

See also

• ܐܝܬܝ

References

• “)n)”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-16
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 12b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 21a
• 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, p. 58b