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) the 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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