ܗܠܝܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܐܲܢܲܝ̈ (annay), ܐܲܢܹܐ (annē)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic הָלֵין (hālēn); compare Arabic هٰؤُلَاءِ (hāʔulāʔi) and Hebrew אֵלֶּה (éle).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [hɑːleːn]

Pronoun

ܗܵܠܹܝܢ • (hālēn) pl (masculine singular ܗܵܢܵܐ (hānā), feminine singular ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ (hāḏē))

1. (demonstrative) these, these things, these ones

   ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܝܢܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ ― hālēn ìnā ṭāḇē ― These are good

   ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ― kē bāˁēn lhōn hālēn ― I want these ones

   ܐܟ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܝܼ ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܚܲܒܘܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܬܸܡܵܠ ― ḵīl lī hālēn ḥabūšē timmāl ― I ate these apples yesterday

Derived terms

• ܐܲܝܠܹܝܢ (aylēn)

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɑle(j)n]

Adjective

ܗܠܝܢ • (transliteration needed) c pl (singular ܗܕܐ ,ܗܢܐ)

1. (demonstrative) these

Usage notes

• As an attributive adjective, ܗܠܝܢ can come either before or after the noun it describes without any change in meaning.

Pronoun

ܗܠܝܢ • (transliteration needed) c pl (singular ܗܕܐ or ܗܢܐ)

1. (demonstrative) these things, these ones

References

• “hlyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1895) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), Berlin, Edinburgh: Reuther & Reichard, T. & T. Clark
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press