ܝܡܝ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
ܝܸܡܵܐ (yimmā) + -ܝܼ (-ī), literally “My mom”.
Proper noun
- (Standard) IPA(key): [nɑːnɑː]
Noun
ܝܸܡܝܼ • (yimī) f
- term used to address one’s mother or grandmother
- term used to refer to one’s mother, even among other siblings
- ܝܸܡܝܼ ܩܲܡ ܐܵܡܪܵܐ ܠܲܢ ܕܡܕܲܟܹܝܚ ܠܹܗ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ
- yimī qam āmrā lan dmdakkēḥ lēh baytā
- Mom told us to clean the house.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܵܢ (nān) | 1st person | ܢܵܢܝܼ (nānī) | ܢܵܢܲܢ (nānan) | |||
| construct | ܢܵܢ (nān) | 2nd person | ܢܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (nānōḵ) | ܢܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (nānāḵ) | ܢܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܵܢܵܐ (nānā) | 3rd person | ܢܵܢܹܗ (nānēh) | ܢܵܢܵܗ̇ (nānāh) | ܢܵܢܗܘܿܢ (nānhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܢܵܢܝܼ̈ܢ (nānīn) | 1st person | ܢܵܢܝܼ̈ (nānī) | ܢܵܢܲܢ̈ (nānan) | |||
| construct | ܢܵܢܲܝ̈ (nānay) | 2nd person | ܢܵܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (nānōḵ) | ܢܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (nānāḵ) | ܢܵܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܵܢܹ̈ܐ (nānē) | 3rd person | ܢܵܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (nānūh) | ܢܵܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (nānōh) | ܢܵܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (nānayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܝܸܡܝܼ ܪܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ (yimī rabṯā)
See also
- ܢܵܢܵܐ (nānā)
- ܣܵܒ݂ܬܝܼ (sāḇtī)
- ܣܵܒ݂ܬܘܿ (sāḇtō)
- ܒܵܒܘܿ (bābō)