# أنت
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanta.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔan.ta/
** (Najd) IPA: /ʔant/
** (Egyptian) IPA: [(ʔ)ɪntæ]
** (North Levantine, Syria) IPA: [(ʔ)ɪntɛ]
** (Tunisian) IPA: [(ʔ)ɪnti]

#### Pronoun

أَنْتَ • (ʔanta) m (genitive ـكَ (-ka), accusative ـكَ (-ka) or إِيَّاكَ (ʔiyyāka))
* you, thou (masculine singular subject pronoun)

#### See also

Arabic personal pronouns :
| Isolated nominative$^1$ pronouns |||||
| | | singular | dual | plural |
| 1st person | 1st person | أَنَا (ʔanā) | نَحْنُ (naḥnu) | نَحْنُ (naḥnu) |
| 2nd person | m | أَنْتَ (ʔanta) | أَنْتُمَا (ʔantumā) | أَنْتُمْ (ʔantum) |
| 2nd person | f | أَنْتِ (ʔanti) | أَنْتُمَا (ʔantumā) | أَنْتُنَّ (ʔantunna) |
| 3rd person | m | هُوَ (huwa) | هُمَا (humā) | هُمْ (hum), هُمُ (humu)$^2$ |
| 3rd person | f | هِيَ (hiya) | هُمَا (humā) | هُنَّ (hunna) |
| Isolated accusative pronouns |||||
| | | singular | dual | plural |
| 1st person | 1st person | إِيَّايَ (ʔiyyāya) | إِيَّانَا (ʔiyyānā) | إِيَّانَا (ʔiyyānā) |
| 2nd person | m | إِيَّاكَ (ʔiyyāka) | إِيَّاكُمَا (ʔiyyākumā) | إِيَّاكُم (ʔiyyākum) |
| 2nd person | f | إِيَّاكِ (ʔiyyāki) | إِيَّاكُمَا (ʔiyyākumā) | إِيَّاكُنَّ (ʔiyyākunna) |
| 3rd person | m | إِيَّاهُ (ʔiyyāhu) | إِيَّاهُمَا (ʔiyyāhumā) | إِيَّاهُمْ (ʔiyyāhum) |
| 3rd person | f | إِيَّاهَا (ʔiyyāhā) | إِيَّاهُمَا (ʔiyyāhumā) | إِيَّاهُنَّ (ʔiyyāhunna) |
| Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns |||||
| | | singular | dual | plural |
| 1st person | 1st person | ـنِي (-nī), ـنِيَ (-niya), ـي (-y), ـيَ (-ya)$^3$ | ـنَا (-nā) | ـنَا (-nā) |
| 2nd person | m | ـكَ (-ka) | ـكُمَا (-kumā) | ـكُم (-kum) |
| 2nd person | f | ـكِ (-ki) | ـكُمَا (-kumā) | ـكُنَّ (-kunna) |
| 3rd person | m | ـهُ (-hu), ـهِ (-hi)$^4$ | ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)$^3$ | ـهُم (-hum), ـهِم (-him)$^4$ |
| 3rd person | f | ـهَا (-hā) | ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)$^3$ | ـهُنَّ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ (-hinna)$^3$ |
| 1. Also used to emphasize attached pronouns and as a copula. 2. هُمْ (hum) becomes هُمُ (humu) before the definite article الـ (al--). 3. Specifically, ـنِي (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـِي (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (ʔinnanī) or إِنِّي (ʔinnī)). 4. ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw). |||||

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanti.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔan.ti/
** (Egyptian) IPA: [(ʔ)ɪntɪ]
** (North Levantine, Syria) IPA: [(ʔ)ɪnti]
** (Tunisian) IPA: [(ʔ)ɪnti]

#### Pronoun

أَنْتِ • (ʔanti) f (genitive ـكِ (-ki), accusative ـكِ (-ki) or إِيَّاكِ (ʔiyyāki))
* you, thou (feminine singular subject pronoun)

#### See also

Arabic personal pronouns :
| Isolated nominative$^1$ pronouns |||||
| | | singular | dual | plural |
| 1st person | 1st person | أَنَا (ʔanā) | نَحْنُ (naḥnu) | نَحْنُ (naḥnu) |
| 2nd person | m | أَنْتَ (ʔanta) | أَنْتُمَا (ʔantumā) | أَنْتُمْ (ʔantum) |
| 2nd person | f | أَنْتِ (ʔanti) | أَنْتُمَا (ʔantumā) | أَنْتُنَّ (ʔantunna) |
| 3rd person | m | هُوَ (huwa) | هُمَا (humā) | هُمْ (hum), هُمُ (humu)$^2$ |
| 3rd person | f | هِيَ (hiya) | هُمَا (humā) | هُنَّ (hunna) |
| Isolated accusative pronouns |||||
| | | singular | dual | plural |
| 1st person | 1st person | إِيَّايَ (ʔiyyāya) | إِيَّانَا (ʔiyyānā) | إِيَّانَا (ʔiyyānā) |
| 2nd person | m | إِيَّاكَ (ʔiyyāka) | إِيَّاكُمَا (ʔiyyākumā) | إِيَّاكُم (ʔiyyākum) |
| 2nd person | f | إِيَّاكِ (ʔiyyāki) | إِيَّاكُمَا (ʔiyyākumā) | إِيَّاكُنَّ (ʔiyyākunna) |
| 3rd person | m | إِيَّاهُ (ʔiyyāhu) | إِيَّاهُمَا (ʔiyyāhumā) | إِيَّاهُمْ (ʔiyyāhum) |
| 3rd person | f | إِيَّاهَا (ʔiyyāhā) | إِيَّاهُمَا (ʔiyyāhumā) | إِيَّاهُنَّ (ʔiyyāhunna) |
| Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns |||||
| | | singular | dual | plural |
| 1st person | 1st person | ـنِي (-nī), ـنِيَ (-niya), ـي (-y), ـيَ (-ya)$^3$ | ـنَا (-nā) | ـنَا (-nā) |
| 2nd person | m | ـكَ (-ka) | ـكُمَا (-kumā) | ـكُم (-kum) |
| 2nd person | f | ـكِ (-ki) | ـكُمَا (-kumā) | ـكُنَّ (-kunna) |
| 3rd person | m | ـهُ (-hu), ـهِ (-hi)$^4$ | ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)$^3$ | ـهُم (-hum), ـهِم (-him)$^4$ |
| 3rd person | f | ـهَا (-hā) | ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)$^3$ | ـهُنَّ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ (-hinna)$^3$ |
| 1. Also used to emphasize attached pronouns and as a copula. 2. هُمْ (hum) becomes هُمُ (humu) before the definite article الـ (al--). 3. Specifically, ـنِي (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـِي (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (ʔinnanī) or إِنِّي (ʔinnī)). 4. ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw). |||||

#### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “أنت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN