Number Plural¶
Summary¶
The plural form of a term refers to two or more of that item.
Article¶
In Biblical Aramaic, a term with plural form usually refers to multiple persons or objects. However, Biblical Aramaic can use the plural form of a word to express many different meanings about a singular entity.
Form¶
Nouns and adjectives¶
Feminine plural nouns and adjectives usually end in וֹת- (holem waw + taw).
Masculine plural nouns and adjectives usually end in ־ִים (hireq-yod + final mem).
Other terms¶
Besides nouns, a plural term can be recognized by a variety of changes to the form. These changes differ greatly from each other and are hard to sum up in a simple, helpful way. This paradigm shows a sample of the kinds of changes that signal a plural form for verbs, independent personal pronouns, the direct object marker with a pronominal suffix, and pronominal suffixes.
Parsing |
Aramaic |
Transliteration |
Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|
first person common plural |
אֲנַחְנָה |
‘enachnah |
we |
second person masculine plural |
אַנְתּוּן (or אַנְתֹּם) |
‘antun (or ‘antom) |
you |
second person feminine plural |
אַנְתֵּן |
‘anten |
you |
third person masculine plural |
הִמּוֹ (also הִמּוֹן or אִנּוּן) |
himmo (also himmon or ‘innun) |
they |
third person feminine plural |
אִנִּין |
‘inniyn |
they |