ܬܐܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܬܐܢܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic תְּאֵנְתָּא (təʾēntā), from Proto-Semitic *tiʔin-; compare Classical Syriac ܬܐܢܬܐ (tēʾttā), Arabic تِين (tīn), Hebrew תְּאֵנָה (t'einá) and Akkadian 𒄑𒈠 (tittum).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [teː.ʔnaː.]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [teʔ.na.], [teː.na.]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [tiː.naː.]

Noun

ܬܹܐܢܵܐ • (tēnā) m sg (plural ܬܹܐܢܹ̈ܐ (tēnē))

1. fig (soft fruit with sweet dark flesh and many small seeds)

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܹܐܢܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person			ܬܹܐܢܲܢ (tēnan)
	construct	ܬܹܐܢ (tēn)		2nd person	ܬܹܐܢܘܼܟ݂ (tēnūḵ)	ܬܹܐܢܵܟ݂ܝ (tēnāḵ)	ܬܹܐܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tēnāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܬܹܐܢܵܐ (tēnā)		3rd person	ܬܹܐܢܹܗ (tēnēh)	ܬܹܐܢܵܗ̇ (tēnāh)	ܬܹܐܢܗܘܿܢ (tēnhōn)
plural	absolute	–		1st person	ܬܹܐܢܝܼ̈ (tēnī)		ܬܹܐܢܲܢ̈ (tēnan)
	construct	ܬܹܐܢܲܝ̈ (tēnay)		2nd person	ܬܹܐܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (tēnūḵ)	ܬܹܐܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (tēnāḵ)	ܬܹܐܢܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tēnāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܬܹܐܢܹ̈ܐ (tēnē)		3rd person	ܬܹܐܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (tēnūh)	ܬܹܐܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (tēnōh)	ܬܹܐܢܗ̈ܘܿܢ (tēnhōn)