אני
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔanāku.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔaˈniː/
- (Samaritan Hebrew) IPA(key): /ɒ.ni/, [ˈʔɒː.niˑ]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔăˈniː/, [ʔaˈniː]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔəˈni/, [ʔæˈniː]
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)æˈni/
- (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔaˈni/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈni/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈni/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈni/
Audio: (file)
Pronoun
[edit]אֲנִי • (aní) m or f
- I (first person nominative singular pronoun, masculine and feminine)
- 1994, The Lion King, spoken by Scar (Eli Gorenstein):
- אני הרגתי את מופסה!
- Aní harágti et Mufása!
- I killed Mufasa!
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 1:14:
- הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר אִם אֵין אֲנִי לִי. מִי לִי. וּכְשֶׁאֲנִי לְעַצְמִי. מָה אֲנִי. וְאִם לֹא עַכְשָׁיו. אֵימָתָי:
- hû hāyâ ʾômēr ʾim ʾên ʾănî lî, mî lî, uḵəšeʾănî ləʿaṣmî, mâ ʾănî, wəʾim lô ʿaḵšaw, ʾêmāṯāy.
- He (Hillel) used to say, ‘If I am not for me, who is for me? And when I am for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?’
See also
[edit]| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | אֲנִי (aní), אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí)[PP 1] |
אֲנַחְנוּ (anákhnu), אָנוּ (ánu)[PP 2] | |
| 2nd person | m | אַתָּה (atá) | אַתֶּם (atém) |
| f | אַתְּ (at) | אַתֶּן (atén) | |
| 3rd person | m | הוּא (hu) | הֵם (hem)[PP 3] |
| f | הִיא (hi) | הֵן (hen)[PP 3] | |
- ^ The form אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí) occurs many times in the Hebrew Bible, but is basically obsolete today.
- ^ In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the form אָנוּ (ánu, “we”) is the more formal, אֲנָחנוּ (anákhnu) the more colloquial.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 In colloquial Modern Israeli Hebrew, the nominally masculine forms אַתֶּם (atém) and הֵם (hem) are sometimes taken as gender-neutral and substituted for אַתֶּן (atén) and הֵן (hen), this is sometimes considered incorrect.
Further reading
[edit]Noun
[edit]אֲנִי • (aní) m (no plural forms, no construct forms)
- (psychology, Freudian) ego
- Synonym: אגו (ego)
Derived terms
[edit]- אֲנִי־עֶלְיוֹן (ani-elyón)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]אֳנִי • (oní) m
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