ܬܐܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic תְּאֵנְתָּא (təʾēntā), from Proto-Semitic *tiʔin-; compare Classical Syriac ܬܐܢܬܐ (tēʾttā), Arabic تِين (tīn), Hebrew תְּאֵנָה (t'einá) and Akkadian 𒄑𒈠 (tittum).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [teː.ʔnaː.]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [teʔ.na.], [teː.na.]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [tiː.naː.]
Noun
ܬܹܐܢܵܐ • (tēnā) m sg (plural ܬܹܐܢܹ̈ܐ (tēnē))
- fig (soft fruit with sweet dark flesh and many small seeds)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܬܹܐܢ (tēn) | 1st person | ܬܹܐܢܝܼ (tēnī) | ܬܹܐܢܲܢ (tēnan) | |||
| construct | ܬܹܐܢ (tēn) | 2nd person | ܬܹܐܢܘܼܟ݂ (tēnōḵ) | ܬܹܐܢܵܟ݂ܝ (tēnāḵ) | ܬܹܐܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tēnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܹܐܢܵܐ (tēnā) | 3rd person | ܬܹܐܢܹܗ (tēnēh) | ܬܹܐܢܵܗ̇ (tēnāh) | ܬܹܐܢܗܘܿܢ (tēnhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܬܹܐܢܝܼ̈ܢ (tēnīn) | 1st person | ܬܹܐܢܝܼ̈ (tēnī) | ܬܹܐܢܲܢ̈ (tēnan) | |||
| construct | ܬܹܐܢܲܝ̈ (tēnay) | 2nd person | ܬܹܐܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (tēnōḵ) | ܬܹܐܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (tēnāḵ) | ܬܹܐܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tēnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܹܐܢܹ̈ܐ (tēnē) | 3rd person | ܬܹܐܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (tēnūh) | ܬܹܐܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (tēnōh) | ܬܹܐܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (tēnayhōn) | |||