ʾ n t
31 lemmas · 7 languages
hamzatedContains ʾ (glottal stop) in position 1 or 3. Glottal stops assimilate or elide in many inflections, producing irregular surface forms.
Themes:thou·8ant·4woman·3province·2south·2
POS shape:pron·17noun·10name·4
This root is attested across 7 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*ʾ-n-tProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicאַנְתְּא נ ת— you, thou
Syriacܐܢܬܐ ܢ ܬ— you, thou
Assyrian NAܐܲܢ݇ܬܐ ܢ ܬ— you, thou
Arabic
Arabicإِنْتَرْنَتء ن ت— Internet
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezአንተአ ነ ተ— you, thou (masculine singular subject pronoun)
Amharicአንተአ ነ ተ— thou, you (singular)
Tigrinyaኢንቶአ ነ ተ— curse
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 6 lemmas- you, thouFrom Proto-Semitic *ʔanta.
- alternative form of אַנְתְּ (ʾant)
- feminine singular of אַנְתְּ (ʾant)From Proto-Semitic *ʔanti.
- masculine plural of אַנְתְּ (ʾant)From Proto-Semitic *ʔantum.
- feminine plural of אַנְתְּ (ʾant)From Proto-Semitic *ʔantin.
- woman
Classical Syriac
syc · 5 lemmas- you, thouFrom Proto-Semitic *ʔanta.
- you, thouFrom Proto-Semitic *ʔanti.
- youFrom Proto-Semitic *ʔantum.
- youFrom Proto-Semitic *ʔantin.
- woman, wifeFrom Proto-Semitic *anṯat-. Compare Akkadian 𒁮 (DAM /aššatu/), Arabic أُنْثَى (ʔunṯā), Hebrew אִשָּׁה (ʾiššâ), and Ugaritic 𐎀𐎘𐎚 (ʾaṯt).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 5 lemmas- you, thouFrom Aramaic אַנְתְּ (ʾa(n)t), from Proto-Semitic *ʔanta; compare Arabic أَنْتَ (ʔanta), Hebrew אַתָּה (atá) and Akkadian 𒀜𒋫 (atta).
- you, thouFrom Aramaic אַנְתִּי (ʾa(n)t(ī)), from Proto-Semitic *ʔanti; compare Arabic أَنْتِ (ʔanti), Hebrew אַתְּ (át) and Akkadian 𒀜𒋾 (atti).
- you, ye, y'all, you guysLearned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic אַנְתְּוּן (ʾantūn); compare the dialectal alternative forms, Arabic أَنْتُمْ (ʔantum), Hebrew אַתֶּם (atém) and Akkadian 𒀜𒌅𒉡 (attunu).
- you, ye, y'allLearned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic אַנְתֵּין (ʾantēn); compare Arabic أَنْتُنَّ (ʔantunna), Hebrew אַתֶּן (atén) and Akkadian 𒀜𒋾𒈾 (attina).
- womanRe-introduced and based on a learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic אִנְתְּתָא (ʾintəṯā), from Proto-Semitic *anṯat-; compare Turoyo ܐܰܬ݂ܬܐ (aṯto), Arabic أُنْثَى (ʔunṯā), Hebrew אִשָּׁה (ishá), Akkadian 𒁮 (DAM /aššatu/), and Ugaritic 𐎀𐎘𐎚 (ʾaṯt). Displaced completely by ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ (baḵtā).
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- InternetFrom English Internet.
- verbal noun of اِنْتَوَى (intawā) (form VIII)
- Antwerp (a province of Flanders, Belgium)Borrowed from English Antwerp, from Dutch Antwerpen.
- Ontario (a province in eastern Canada)Borrowed from English Ontario.
- museumFrom French antique (“ancient”) + Classical Persian خانه (xāna, “house”).
- Antarctica (the southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole)
- intelligentsiaFrom Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija).
- Antigua and Barbuda (a country consisting of two islands in the Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda, and numerous other small islands)
Ge'ez
gez · 2 lemmas- you, thou (masculine singular subject pronoun)From Proto-Semitic *ʔanta.
- you, thou (feminine singular subject pronoun)From Proto-Semitic *ʔanti. Cognate to Arabic أَنْتِ (ʔanti), Hebrew אַתְּ (át) and Aramaic אַנְתִּי (ʾantī).
Amharic
am · 4 lemmas- thou, you (singular)From Proto-Semitic *ʔanta. Cognates include Ge'ez አንተ (ʾantä) and Arabic أَنْتَ (ʔanta).
- synonym of እስዎ (ʾəssəwo)From Proto-Semitic *ʔantum. Cognates include Ge'ez አንትሙ (ʾäntəmu) and Arabic أَنْتُمْ (ʔantum).
- truth
- motherRelated to Afar iná. Possibly borrowed from Old Nubian én.
Tigrinya
ti · 1 lemma- curse