Nouns in Aramaic

I have started studing Aramaic grammar and this is what I have learned so far.If you have knowledge of Aramaic grammar feel free to comment.

Nouns in Aramaic decline according to gender,state and number.They come in

two genders (masculine and feminine)
two numbers (singular and plural)
three states (absolute,construct and emphatic)

There are no case endings but there is evidence that they did exist in very early Aramaic.

Aramaic noun states

absolute state-most common and basic form.
E.g. nūn (fish),ketab (book),malk (king)

construct state-it mainly indicates possesion like genitive.

Only difference is that the possessed changes in form not the possesor-The fish (possessed) of the queen (possessor).It often has the same form as the absolute

Masculine often same as absolute .E.g.bar (son of)-Bar elaha is the Son of God.

Feminine takes a suffix.(t).E.g.malkat (queen of)

empthatic state-In early Aramaic it functioned like a definite article (the fish).
E.g. nūnā -the fish(very early Aramaic) ,fish (Imperial Aramaic and henceforth)
ketaba-the book
malka-the king
tura-the mountain

Aramaic gender

example of a masculine noun declension

tur-mountain

state	singular		plural
absolute	tur	mountain	tureen	mountains
construct	tur	mountain of	turey	mountains of
emphatic	tura	the mountain	turayyâ	the mountains

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