ܥܒܕ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܥ ܒ ܕ (ˁ b d)
3 terms

From Aramaic עֲבַד (ʿăḇaḏ), from a Central Semitic innovation; compare Hebrew עָבַד (avád, “to work”) and Arabic عَبَدَ (ʕabada, “to serve”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʕaːweːð]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔaːwɪð]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʔaːvɪd]

Verb

ܥܵܒ݂ܹܕ݂ • (ˁāḇēḏ) (present participle ܥܒ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܐ (ˁḇāḏā), past participle ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ (ˁḇīḏā))

1. to do

   ܠܵܐ ܫܵܠܹܝܬܘܿܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܒܸܥܒ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܥܵܒ݂ܘܿܕ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܚܘܼܠܡܵܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ. ― lā šālētōn min biˁḇāḏā ˁāḇōdwāṯē ḥulmānāyē. ― Do not stop doing healthy activities.

   • Colossians 3:23:

     ܘܟܠ ܡܸܢܕܝܼ ܕܥܵܒ݂ܕ݂ܝܼܬܘܿܢ، ܥܒ݂ܘܿܕ݂ܘܼܢ ܠܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܠܹܗ ܠܸܒܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ، ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܕܐܸܢ ܠܡܵܪܝܵܐ ܘܠܵܐ ܠܒܢܲܝ̈ܢܵܫܵܐ،

     w-kul mindī dˁāḇḏītōn, ˁḇōḏūn lēh min kullēh libbāwḵōn, ayḵ d-in l-māryā w-lā l-bnaynāšā,

     And whatever you do, do it heartedly, as to the Lord and not to men,

2. to make, create

   Synonym: ܒܵܪܹܐ (bārē)

   ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܝܵܕ݂ܥܹܢ ܡܲܢܝܼ ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܹܗ ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܐܘܿܝܡܵܐ. ― kē bāˁēn yāḏˁēn manī ˁḇīḏ lēh hāḏē ōymā. ― I want to know who made this dress.

3. to pick or harvest fruit, vegetables, or herbs

   ܥܒ݂ܘܿܕ݂ ܠܝܼ ܚܲܕ݇ܬܹܪ݇ܝܢ݇ ܬܘܼܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ ― ˁḇōḏ lī ḥattēy tūṯē ― Pick a few mulberries for me.

4. (with ܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ or ܓܵܢܹܗ) to feign (attempt to deceive by false acting)

   ܠܵܐ ܡܗܲܝܡܢܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܕܘܼܓܠܹܗ. ܝܼܠܹܗ ܒܸܥܒ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ ܡܸܣܟܹܝܢܵܐ ― lā mhaymnītōn duglēh. īlēh biˁḇāḏā nafšēh miskēnā ― Don’t believe his lies. He is making himself out to be innocent.

   ܒܸܥܒ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܗ̇ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܫܵܡܥܵܐ ܠܝܼ ― biˁḇāḏā nafšāh lā kē šāmˁā lī ― She’s feigning that she can’t hear me.

5. (with ܛܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (ṭāḇtā, “goodness, charity”)) to do a good deed for, show kindness
6. (colloquial) used to express foreign verbs that don’t fit the structure of the language

   ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܝܼ ܒ݂ܵܟܝܘܼܡ ― ˁḇīḏ lī ḇākyūm ― I vacuumed (literally, “I did vacuum”)

   ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܹܗ ܐܘܿܪܕܲܪ ܡܹܐܟ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ ― ˁḇīḏ lēh ōrdar mēḵultā ― He ordered food (literally, “He did order food”)

Usage notes

• (foreign verbs): This is mostly restricted to non-Semitic languages, as expressing verbs borrowed from Arabic is usually though a verb borrowing fully incorporated into the language, due to the similarity of both languages being Semitic.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܥܵܒ݂ܹܕ݂ (ˁāḇēḏ)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܝܼ (ˁḇīḏ lī)	ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (ˁḇīḏ lūḵ)	ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܹܗ (ˁḇīḏ lēh)	ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܲܢ (ˁḇīḏ lan)	ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ˁḇīḏ lāwḵōn)	ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܗܘܿܢ (ˁḇīḏ lhōn)
	f		ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (ˁḇīḏ lāḵ)	ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ (ˁḇīḏ lāh)
non-past	m	ܥܵܒ݂ܕ݂ܹܢ (ˁāḇḏēn)	ܥܵܒ݂ܕ݂ܹܬ (ˁāḇḏēt)	ܥܵܒ݂ܹܕ݂ (ˁāḇēḏ)	ܥܵܒ݂ܕ݂ܲܚ (ˁāḇḏaḥ)	ܥܵܒ݂ܕ݂ܝܼܬܘܿܢ (ˁāḇḏītōn)	ܥܵܒ݂ܕ݂ܝܼ (ˁāḇḏī)
	f	ܥܵܒ݂ܕ݂ܵܢ (ˁāḇḏān)	ܥܵܒ݂ܕ݂ܵܬܝ (ˁāḇḏāt)	ܥܵܒ݂ܕ݂ܵܐ (ˁāḇḏā)
imperative	m		ܥܒ݂ܘܿܕ݂ (ˁḇōḏ)			ܥܒ݂ܘܿܕ݂ܘܼܢ (ˁḇōḏūn)
	f		ܥܒ݂ܘܿܕ݂ܝ (ˁḇōḏ)

Etymology 2

Root
ܥ ܒ ܕ (ˁ b d)
3 terms

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʕawɪd.]

Noun

ܥܲܒ݂ܸܕ • (ˁaḇid) m sg (plural ܥܲܒ݂ܕܲܝ̈ (ʿaḇday))

1. construct state singular of ܥܲܒ݂ܕܵܐ (ˁaḇdā, “servant; slave”)