ܐܢܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Calque of Arabic أَنَانِيّ (ʔanāniyy), from ܐܵܢܵܐ (ānā, I) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ɑːnɑːjɑː]

Adjective

ܐܵܢܵܝܵܐ • (ānāyā) (feminine ܐܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ (ānāytā), plural ܐܵܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (ānāyē))

  1. selfish, egoist, egotistical

Noun

ܐܵܢܵܝܵܐ • (ānāyām (plural ܐܵܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (ānāyē), feminine ܐܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ (ānāytā))

  1. egoist

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܵܢܵܝܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܐܵܢܵܝ (ānāy) 1st person ܐܵܢܵܝܝܼ (ānāyī) ܐܵܢܵܝܲܢ (ānāyan)
construct ܐܵܢܵܝ (ānāy) 2nd person ܐܵܢܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (ānāyōḵ) ܐܵܢܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (ānāyāḵ) ܐܵܢܵܝܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ānāyawḵōn)
emphatic ܐܵܢܵܝܵܐ (ānāyā) 3rd person ܐܵܢܵܝܹܗ (ānāyēh) ܐܵܢܵܝܵܗ̇ (ānāyāh) ܐܵܢܵܝܗܘܿܢ (ānāyhōn)
plural absolute ܐܵܢܵܝܝܼ̈ܢ (ānāyīn) 1st person ܐܵܢܵܝܝܼ̈ (ānāyī) ܐܵܢܵܝܲܢ̈ (ānāyan)
construct ܐܵܢܵܝܲܝ̈ (ānāyay) 2nd person ܐܵܢܵܝܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ānāyōḵ) ܐܵܢܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ānāyāḵ) ܐܵܢܵܝܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ānāyawḵōn)
emphatic ܐܵܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (ānāyē) 3rd person ܐܵܢܵܝܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ānāyūh) ܐܵܢܵܝܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (ānāyōh) ܐܵܢܵܝܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (ānāyayhōn)

Derived terms