-ܗ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Aramaic ־ֵה (-ēh), analogical consonantism after the independent personal pronoun הוּ (hū); cognate to Hebrew ־וֹ (-ó) and Arabic ـهُ (-hu)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard) IPA(key): [-eːh]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [-eːh], [-eħ]
Particle
[edit]-ܹܗ • (-ēh)
- attached to prepositions to indicate a male or masculine object in the 3rd person; him, it
- ܐܸܠܹܗ ― ilēh ― to him
- ܥܲܡܹܗ ― ˁamēh ― with him
- attached to nouns to indicate possession by a male or masculine noun in the 3rd person; his, its
- ܒܪܵܬܹܗ ― brātēh ― his daughter
- attached to progressive verbs to indicate an action being directed to a male or masculine noun in the 3rd person
- ܗ̇ܝ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܒܸܙܒ݂ܵܢܹܗ ܡܹܐܟ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ
- aya ìlāh bizḇānēh mēḵultā
- She is buying him food.
- attached to passive and past participles to indicate an action being directed to a male or masculine noun in the 3rd person
- ܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܹܗ ― wē lēh mīrēh ― He has told him.
Synonyms
[edit]- (indicating possession): ܕܝܼܹܗ (dīyēh)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Aramaic ־ָהּ (-āh), analogical consonantism after the independent personal pronoun הִי (hī); cognate to Hebrew ־ָהּ (-áh) and Arabic ـهَا (-hā)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard) IPA(key): [-aːh]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [-aːh], [-aħ]
Particle
[edit]-ܵܗ̇ • (-āh)
- attached to prepositions to indicate a female or feminine object in the 3rd person; her, it
- ܐܸܠܵܗ̇ ― ilāh ― to her
- ܥܲܡܵܗ̇ ― ˁamāh ― with her
- attached to nouns to indicate possession by a female or feminine noun in the 3rd person; her, its
- ܟܲܠܒܵܗ̇ ― kalbāh ― her dog
- attached to progressive verbs to indicate an action being directed to a female or feminine noun in the 3rd person
- ܝܼܢܵܐ ܒܸܒܢܵܝܵܗ̇ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ ― īnā bibnāyāh baytā ― They are building her a house.
- attached to passive and past participles to indicate an action being directed to a female or feminine noun in the 3rd person
- ܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐ݇ܟ݂ܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ― wē lēh ḵīlāh ― He has eaten it (her)
Synonyms
[edit]- (indicating possession): ܕܝܼܵܗ̇ (dīyāh)
See also
[edit]| Isolated nominative pronouns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| 1st person | ܐܵܢܵܐ (ānā) | ܐܲܚܢܲܢ (aḥnan) | ||
| 2nd person | m | ܐܲܢ݇ܬ (at) | ܐܲܢ݇ܬܘܿܢ (atōn) | |
| f | ܐܲܢ݇ܬܝ (at) | ܐܲܢ݇ܬܹܝܢ (attēn) | ||
| 3rd person | m | ܗ̇ܘ (awa) | ܗܸܢܘܿܢ (hinōn) | |
| f | ܗ̇ܝ (aya) | ܗܸܢܹܝܢ (hinnēn) | ||
| Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| 1st person | -ܝܼ (-ī) | -ܲܢ (-an) | ||
| 2nd person | m | -ܘܼܟ݂ (-ōḵ) | -ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (-āwḵōn) | |
| f | -ܵܟ݂ܝ (-āḵ) | |||
| 3rd person | m | -ܹܗ, -ܘܼܗܝ (-ēh, -ūh) | -ܗܘܿܢ (-hōn) | |
| f | -ܵܗ̇, -ܘܿܗ̇ (-āh, -ōh) | |||