ܡܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

From Aramaic מִן (min), from Proto-West Semitic *min; compare Arabic مِنْ (min) and Hebrew מִן (min).

Alternative forms

• ܡ- (m-)

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [mɪn]

Preposition

ܡ̣ܢ or ܡܸܢ • (min or min)

1. (of place) from, out of; at, on
   1. away from, used for reprimanding

      ܐܝܼܕ݂ܘܼܟ݂ ܡܸܢܵܗ̇ ― īḏūḵ minnāh ― Get your hand away from it!

2. (of origin) from, of
3. (of material) from, made of
4. (of time) from, while, during, at, after
5. (agentively) by, by means of, on account of, using
6. (partitively) of, out of, some of
7. (distributively) by, through, in
8. (temporal) since
9. (comparatively) than
10. (idiomatic) among, on the side of, of the party; in the name of, on the authority of, according to
11. instead of, without
12. because of

Usage notes

• This word is often written as “ܡ̣ܢ” in unvocalized texts in order to distinguish itself from “ܡܲܢ (man, “who”)”.

Inflection

Inflection of ܡ̣ܢ

base form			ܡ̣ܢ (min)
Personal-pronoun including forms
	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	ܡܸܢܝܼ (minī)		ܡܸܢܲܢ (minnan)
2nd person	ܡܸܢܘܼܟ݂ (minūḵ)	ܡܸܢܵܟ݂ܝ (minnāḵ)	ܡܸܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (minnāwḵōn)
3rd person	ܡܸܢܹܗ (minnēh)	ܡܸܢܵܗ̇ (minnāh)	ܡܸܢܗܘܿܢ (minhōn)

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic مَنْ (man), Hebrew מִי (mi).

Alternative forms

• ܡܲܢܲܘ (mannaw), ܡܵܢܝܼ (mānī)

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [man.]
• (Upper Tyari) IPA^(key): [ʔedːi]

Pronoun

ܡ̇ܢ or ܡܲܢ • (man or man)

1. (interrogatively) who? which?
2. who, the person or persons that

Usage notes

• This word is often written as “ܡ̇ܢ” in unvocalized texts in order to distinguish itself from “ܡܸܢ (min, “from”)”.

Derived terms

• ܡ̣ܢ ܕ- (min d-, “because, since, the fact that”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic مِنْ (min), Hebrew מִן (min).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛn]

Preposition

ܡܢ • (men)

1. (of place) from, out of; at, on
2. (of origin) from, of
3. (of material) from, made of
4. (of time) from, while, during, at, after
5. (agentively) by, by means of, on account of, using
6. (partitively) of, out of, some of
7. (distributively) by, through, in
8. (comparatively) than
9. (idiomatic) among, on the side of, of the party; in the name of, on the authority of, according to
10. instead of, without

Inflection

Takes type-I suffixes.

Inflection of ܡܢ

person	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
1st person	ܡܢܝ		ܡܢܢ
2nd person	ܡܢܟ	ܡܢܟܝ	ܡܢܟܘܢ	ܡܢܟܝܢ
3rd person	ܡܢܗ	ܡܢܗ	ܡܢܗܘܢ	ܡܢܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic مَنْ (man), Hebrew מִי (mî).

Alternative forms

• ܡܢܘ (manaw)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [man]

Pronoun

ܡܢ • (man)

1. (interrogatively) who? which?

Etymology 3

Compare Arabic مَا (mā), Hebrew מָה (mā).

Alternative forms

• ܡܐ (mā), ܡܘܢ (mōn), ܡܢܐ (mānā), ܡܢܘ (mānaw)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑn]

Pronoun

ܡܢ • (mān)

1. (interrogative) what? which?

Adverb

ܡܢ • (mān)

1. (interrogatively) why? wherefore?
2. (preceding an adjective) how! so!

Conjunction

ܡܢ • (mān)

1. because, since, the fact that

Etymology 4

From Ancient Greek μέν (mén).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [man]

Adverb

ܡܢ • (man)

1. indeed

Coordinate terms

• ܕܝܢ (den)

References

• “mn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-24
• “mn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-24
• “mn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-24
• “mn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 393b
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 186b-187a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 280a-281b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 778b-779a