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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.

 

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Nouns.

I. NOUNS.

Pronouns.1. PRONOUNS.^[1]

Personal Pronouns. Subject-Forms.PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

§ 63. (a) Subject-Forms.

					Separate Forms.		Enclitic Forms.
Singular.	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1. person "I"			ܐܷܢܳܐ‎	(ܐܿܢܐ‎)	ܐ̄ܢܳܐ‎	(ܐܼܢܐ‎), ܢܳܐ‎
		2. pers. "Thou"	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	m.	ܐܱܢ̄ܬ݁‎		◌ܰܬ݁‎
				f.	ܐܱܢ̄ܬ݁ܝ‎		◌ܰܬ݁ܝ‎
		3. pers.	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	m. "He"	ܗܼܽܘ‎		ܗ̄ܘ‎,	ܘ‎ (§ 38)
				f. "She"	ܗ̣ܺܝ‎		ܗ̄ܝ‎
Plural.	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1. person "We"			ܐܚܢܢ‎,	ܚܢܱܢ‎	ܢܱܢ‎
		2. pers. "You"	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	m.	ܐܱܢ̄ܬ݁ܘܿܢ‎		ܬܘܿܢ‎
				f.	ܐܱܢ̄ܬܷ݁ܝܢ‎		ܬܷܝܢ‎
		3. pers. "They"	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	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 3^rd pers. pl. the Object, which is ex-

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1. Notice the points (§ 6), which with many of these words are set down almost without exception, even with the full vocalisation.