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§ 63.

Such Interjections are ܐܘّ‎⁠‎ (§ 9), ܐܘܿܢ‎ "O!" ܝܳܝ‎, ܝܳܐ‎ "O!"; ܐܘܿܗ‎ "Ah!"; ܐܷܗܶܐ‎ "Ho! Ho!" (in mockery), &c. Also the demonstrative form ܗܳܐ‎ "Here!" "Lo!", which is greatly employed in the formation of Pronouns and Adverbs, is to be regarded as originally an interjection.


Nouns.

I. NOUNS.

Pronouns.1. PRONOUNS.[1]

Personal Pronouns. Subject-Forms.PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

§ 63. (a) Subject-Forms.

Separate Forms. Enclitic Forms.
Singular. 1. person "I" ܐܷܢܳܐ (ܐܿܢܐ‎) ܐ̄ܢܳܐ (ܐܼܢܐ‎), ܢܳܐ
2. pers. "Thou" m. ܐܱܢ̄ܬ݁ ◌ܰܬ݁
f. ܐܱܢ̄ܬ݁ܝ ◌ܰܬ݁ܝ
3. pers. m. "He" ܗܼܽܘ ܗ̄ܘ‎, ܘ‎ (§ 38)
f. "She" ܗ̣ܺܝ ܗ̄ܝ
Plural. 1. person "We" ܐܚܢܢ‎, ܚܢܱܢ ܢܱܢ
2. pers. "You" m. ܐܱܢ̄ܬ݁ܘܿܢ ܬܘܿܢ
f. ܐܱܢ̄ܬܷ݁ܝܢ ܬܷܝܢ
3. pers. "They" m. ܗܼܶܢܘܿܢ ܐܷܢܘܿܢ
f. ܗܼܶܢܷܝܢ ܐܷܢܷܝܢ

On ܗܽܘܢܽܘ‎ "he is", ܗܽܝܺܝ‎ "she is" v. § 38.

Rem. The form ܐܢܚܢܢ‎,—(originally anaḥnån, but in our literature certainly no longer of three syllables, indeed seldom having two as ånaḥnan, and commonly being monosyllabic in speech, and merely a remnant of early orthography for ܚܢܱܢ‎, ܢܱܢ‎),—is found only in old manuscripts.

ܐܷܢܘܿܢ‎, ܐܷܢܷܝܢ‎, besides representing enclitic Subject-forms or Copula-forms (§ 311 sq.), represent also for the 3rd pers. pl. the Object, which is ex-
  1. Notice the points (§ 6), which with many of these words are set down almost without exception, even with the full vocalisation.