# ܡܢ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

From Aramaic מִן (min), from Proto-West Semitic *min; compare Arabic مِنْ (min) and Hebrew מִן (min).

#### Alternative forms

* ܡ- (m-)

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [mɪn]

#### Preposition

ܡ̣ܢ or ܡܸܢ • (min or min)
* (of place) from, out of; at, on
** away from, used for reprimanding
    ܐܝܼܕ݂ܘܼܟ݂ ܡܸܢܵܗ̇ ― īḏūḵ minnāh ― Get your hand away from it!
* (of origin) from, of
* (of material) from, made of
* (of time) from, while, during, at, after
* (agentively) by, by means of, on account of, using
* (partitively) of, out of, some of
* (distributively) by, through, in
* (temporal) since
* (comparatively) than
* (idiomatic) among, on the side of, of the party; in the name of, on the authority of, according to
* instead of, without
* because of

##### Usage notes

* This word is often written as “ܡ̣ܢ” in unvocalized texts in order to distinguish itself from “ܡܲܢ (man, “who”)”.

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

Compare Arabic مَنْ (man), Hebrew מִי (mi).

#### Alternative forms

* ܡܲܢܲܘ (mannaw), ܡܵܢܝܼ (mānī)

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [man.]
* (Upper Tyari) IPA: [ʔedːi]

#### Pronoun

ܡ̇ܢ or ܡܲܢ • (man or man)
* (interrogatively) who? which?
* who, the person or persons that

##### Usage notes

* This word is often written as “ܡ̇ܢ” in unvocalized texts in order to distinguish itself from “ܡܸܢ (min, “from”)”.

##### Derived terms

* ܡ̣ܢ ܕ- (min d-, “because, since, the fact that”)

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

Compare Arabic مِنْ (min), Hebrew מִן (min).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɛn]

#### Preposition

ܡܢ • (men)
* (of place) from, out of; at, on
* (of origin) from, of
* (of material) from, made of
* (of time) from, while, during, at, after
* (agentively) by, by means of, on account of, using
* (partitively) of, out of, some of
* (distributively) by, through, in
* (comparatively) than
* (idiomatic) among, on the side of, of the party; in the name of, on the authority of, according to
* instead of, without

##### Inflection

Takes type-I suffixes.

### Etymology 2

Compare Arabic مَنْ (man), Hebrew מִי (mî).

#### Alternative forms

* ܡܢܘ (manaw)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [man]

#### Pronoun

ܡܢ • (man)
* (interrogatively) who? which?

### Etymology 3

Compare Arabic مَا (mā), Hebrew מָה (mā).

#### Alternative forms

* ܡܐ (mā), ܡܘܢ (mōn), ܡܢܐ (mānā), ܡܢܘ (mānaw)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɑn]

#### Pronoun

ܡܢ • (mān)
* (interrogative) what? which?

#### Adverb

ܡܢ • (mān)
* (interrogatively) why? wherefore?
* (preceding an adjective) how! so!

#### Conjunction

ܡܢ • (mān)
* because, since, the fact that

### Etymology 4

From Ancient Greek μέν (mén).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [man]

#### Adverb

ܡܢ • (man)
* indeed

##### Coordinate terms

* ܕܝܢ (den)

### References

* “mn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-24
* “mn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-24
* “mn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-24
* “mn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 393b
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 186b–187a
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 280a–281b
* 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 778b–779a