# ܐܢܫܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology

From Aramaic אֱנָשָׁא (ʾĕnāšā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔināš-; compare Arabic أُنَاس (ʔunās) and إِنْس (ʔins), Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ (enósh), Akkadian 𒈬 (nīšum, “life”) and 𒌦𒎌 (nišū, “people”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [naːʃaː]

### Noun

ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ • (nāšā) m (plural ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ (nāšē))
* person, one, someone
    ܗ̇ܘ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ. ― awa nāšā ṭāḇā ìlēh. ― He’s a good person.
* mankind, humankind
    ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܠܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐnāšā lnāšā ìlēh dēḇāMan is a wolf to man. (cf. homō hominī lupus)
* (with possessive suffixes) expresses kinsfolk or relations (especially parents or inhabitants)
    ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ܕܛܘܼܪܵܐ ― nāšē d-ṭūrā ― People of the mountain
    ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ܕܕܲܫܬܵܐ ― nāšē d-daštā ― People of the plain
    ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ܕܒܲܝܬܲܢ ― nāšē d-baytan ― People of our house.
    ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܗ ܣܲܓܝܼ ܡܸܣ̈ܟܹܝܢܹܐ ܝܢܵܐ ― nāšēh sagī miskēnē ìnā ― His kin are very humble.
* respectful term of address to an equal, especially when advising or rebuking, or when expressing distress or grief; man, brother, bro
    ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ، ܡܵܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܘܿܟ݂ ܓܲܘܹܗ؟nāšā, mā īṯ lōḵ gawwēh?Brother, why do you care about what he does?
    ܚܘܿܪ ܡܵܐ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܒܚܲܝ̈ܝܼ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐḥōr mā brē lēh bḥayī nāšāLook what has happened to my life, man.
    ܡܵܐ ܡ̣ܢܘܿܟ݂ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ؟ ― What’s up man?
    ܕܝܼ ܒܲܣܵܐ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ― dī bassā nāšā ― Oh enough man!

#### Derived terms

* ܐ݇ܢܵܫܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (nāšūṯā, “humanity”)
* ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (nāšāˀīṯ, “humanly”)
* ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܝܵܐ (nāšāyā, “human”)
* ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܢܵܐ (nāšānā, “crowded”)
* ܒܪܵܐ ܕܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ (brā d-nāšā, “Son of Man”)
* ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ (barnāšā, “human being”)
* ܗܸܟ̰ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ (hič nāšā, “no one”)
* ܚܲܕ݇ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ (ḥa nāšā, “someone”)
* ܟܠ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ (kul nāšā, “everyone”)
* ܡܸܬ݂ܒܲܪܢܵܫܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (miṯbarnāšnūṯā, “incarnation”)

#### See also

* ܦܲܪܨܘܿܦܵܐ (parṣōpā)
* ܩܢܘܿܡܵܐ (qnōmā)

## Classical Syriac
### Alternative forms

* ܢܫܐ (nāšā)

### Etymology

Compare Arabic أُنَاس (ʔunās) and إِنْس (ʔins) and Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ (ʾĕnôš).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔɛ̆nɑʃɑʔ/, [ˈnɑ.ʃɑ] (singular and plural)

### Noun

ܐܢܫܐ • ([ʾĕ]nāšā) c (plural ܐܢܫܐ)
* human, man, mortal
* mankind
* (in the plural) people
* (in the absolute state) one, someone, certain
* (with possessive suffixes) expresses kinsfolk or relations (especially parents or inhabitants)
    ܐܢܫܝܗ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ ― [ʾĕ]nāšêh da-məḏī[n]ttā ― the people of the city

#### Derived terms

* ܐܢܫܐܝܬ ([ʾĕ]nāšāʾīṯ)
* ܐܢܫܘܬܐ ([ʾĕ]nāšūṯā)
* ܐܢܫܝܐ ([ʾĕ]nāšāyā)
* ܒܪ ܐܢܫܐ (bar [ʾĕ]nāšā)
** ܒܪܢܫ (barneš)
** ܡܬܒܪܢܫܢܘܬܐ (meṯbarnəšānūṯā)
* ܒܪܬ ܐܢܫܐ (ba[r]ṯ [ʾĕ]nāšā)

#### See also

* ܓܒܪܐ (gaḇrā)

### References

* “ˀnš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-22
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 13b
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 22a
* Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 65a–b