𐤀𐤕

Phoenician

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanta.

Pronoun

𐤀𐤕 (ʾt /ʔatta/) m

1. you (masculine second person singular personal pronoun)

Descendants

• Punic: 𐤀𐤕 (ʾt)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanti.

Pronoun

𐤀𐤕 (ʾt /ʔatti/) f

1. you (feminine second person singular personal pronoun)

Descendants

• Punic: 𐤀𐤕 (ʾt)

See also

Phoenician personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		𐤀𐤍𐤊 (ʾnk), 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉‎ (ʾnky‎), 𐤀𐤍𐤉‎ (ʾny‎)	𐤀𐤍𐤇𐤍 (ʾnḥn), 𐤍𐤇𐤍 (nḥn)
2nd person	m	𐤀𐤕 (ʾt)	𐤀𐤕𐤌 (ʾtm)
	f	𐤀𐤕 (ʾt)	not attested
3rd person	m	𐤄𐤀 (hʾ)	𐤄𐤌𐤕 (hmt)
	f	𐤄𐤀 (hʾ)	𐤄𐤌𐤕 (hmt)

References

• Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2001) A Phoenician-Punic Grammar, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 38–40

Punic

Etymology 1

From Phoenician 𐤀𐤉𐤕 (ʾyt), from Canaanite. Compare Hebrew את.

Preposition

𐤀𐤕 (ʾt)

1. Used to introduce a semantically definite direct object

Usage notes

As in Hebrew, 𐤀𐤕 was sometimes used to form an independent direct object pronoun; the only attested form of this is 𐤀𐤕𐤀 (ʾtʾ /⁠ʾōto⁠/).

Etymology 2

From Phoenician 𐤀𐤕 (ʾt).

Pronoun

𐤀𐤕 (ʾt) m

1. you (masculine second person singular personal pronoun)