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
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.
- two genders (masculine and feminine)
- two numbers (singular and plural)
- three states (absolute,construct and emphatic)
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
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singular
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plural
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absolute
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tur
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mountain
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tureen
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mountains
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construct
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tur
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mountain of
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turey
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mountains of
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emphatic
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tura
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the mountain
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turayyâ
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the mountains
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