ru_gl_ru_uag/content/suffix_pronominal.rst

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.. _suffix_pronominal:

Suffix Pronominal
=================

Summary
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Pronominal suffixes refer to a person(s) or thing(s) and can be attached to nouns, verbs, prepositions, participles,
infinitives, even some particles. A pronominal suffix nearly always functions as either a personal pronoun (for example,
"I" or "me" in English) or a possessive pronoun (for example, "my" or "mine" in English).

Article
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A pronominal :ref:`suffix<suffix>` refers to a person(s) or a thing(s) and can change form according to gender
(:ref:`masculine<gender_masculine>` or 
:ref:`feminine<gender_feminine>`), number (:ref:`singular<number_singular>` or :ref:`plural<number_plural>`), and person
(:ref:`first<person_first>`, :ref:`second<person_second>`, or :ref:`third<person_third>` person).
These various suffixes look quite similar to their corresponding :ref:`personal pronouns<pronoun_personal>`.
Only nouns in the :ref:`construct state<state_construct>` can take a pronominal suffix.

.. note:: In Biblical Aramaic, a noun always becomes :ref:`definite<definiteness>` when a pronominal suffix is attached to it.

Form
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Paradigm
~~~~~~~~

.. csv-table:: Pronominal Suffix with a Singular Noun
  :header-rows: 1

  Parsing,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss
  common singular first person,סוּסִי,susi,my horse
  masculine singular second person,סוּסְךָ,suskha,your horse
  feminine singular second person,סוּסֵךְ,susekh,your horse
  masculine singular third person,סוּסוֹ / סוּסֹה / סוּסֵהוּ,suso / susoh / susehu,his horse
  feminine singular third person,סוּסהָ / סוּסָהּ,susha / susah,her horse
  common plural first person,סוּסֵנוּ,susenu,our horse
  masculine plural second person,סוּסְכֶם,susekhem,your horse
  feminine plural second person,סוּסְכֶן,susekhen,your horse
  masculine plural third person,סוּסְהֶם / סוּסָם,susehem / susam,their horse
  feminine plural third person,סוּסְהֶן / סוּסָן,susehen / susan,their horse

.. csv-table:: Pronominal Suffix with a Plural Noun
  :header-rows: 1

  Parsing,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss
  common singular first person,סוּסַי,susay,my horses
  masculine singular second person,סוּסֶיךָ,susekha,your horses
  feminine singular second person,סוּסַיִךְ,susayikh,your horses
  masculine singular third person,סוּסָיו,susayw,his horses
  feminine singular third person,סוּסֶיהָ,suseyha,her horses
  common plural first person,סוּסֵינוּ,susenu,our horses
  masculine plural second person,סוּסֵיכֶם,susekhem,your horses
  feminine plural second person,סוּסֵיכֶן,susekhen,your horses
  masculine plural third person,סוּסֵיהֶם,susehem,their horses
  feminine plural third person,סוּסֵיהֶן,susehen,their horses

Function
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.. _suffix_pronominal-nouns:

Attached to a :ref:`noun<noun>`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

When attached to a noun, a pronominal suffix functions as a personal pronoun in a :ref:`construct relationship<state_construct-construct-chain>`
with the noun to which it is attached.  Very often, the pronoun functions as a possessive
:ref:`attributive adjective<adjective-attributive>` indentifying the person(s) or thing(s) in possession of that noun.


.. _suffix_pronominal-verbs:

Attached to a :ref:`finite verb<verb-finite>`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A pronominal suffix can be attached to any finite verb conjugation to indicate the direct object of the verb.  In these cases,
the pronominal suffix always functions as a :ref:`personal pronoun<pronoun_personal>`.



.. _suffix_pronominal-prepositions:

Attached to a :ref:`preposition<preposition>`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Similar to verbs, a pronominal suffix attached to a preposition is always the object of that preposition, functioning as a
:ref:`personal pronoun<pronoun_personal>`.

Attached to a participle
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~