ܥܝܢܗ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

The sense of “the same” is a semantic loan from Ottoman Turkish عینی (aynı), from Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn, “eye; the thing itself”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʕaj.nehː]

Determiner

ܥܲܝܢܹܗ • (ˁaynēh) m sg (feminine ܥܲܝܢܵܗ̇ (ʿaynāh), plural ܥܲܝܢܗܘܿܢ (ʿaynhon))

  1. (dialectal) same
    Synonym: ܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ (nafšēh)
    ܡܸܢܕܝܼ ܥܲܝܢܹܗ
    mindī ˁaynēh
    the same thing
    (literally, “the thing its eye”)
    ܦܲܪܨܘܿܦܵܐ ܥܲܝܢܹܗ
    parṣōpā ˁaynēh
    the same person
    (literally, “the person its eye”)
    ܫܵܥܬܵܐ ܥܲܝܢܵܗ̇
    šāˁtā ˁaynāh
    the same hour
    (literally, “the hour its eye”)

Noun

ܥܲܝܢܹܗ • (ˁaynēh)

  1. third-person single-possession of ܥܲܝܢܵܐ (ˁaynā); his/its eye
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