Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ܦ ܬ ܚ (p t ḥ)
6 terms

From Aramaic פְּתַח (pəṯaḥ), from Proto-Semitic *pataḥ-; compare Arabic فَتَحَ (fataḥa), Hebrew פָּתַח (patákh) and Akkadian 𒉿𒌅𒌑𒌝 (petûm)

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [paːθeːx]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [paːθɪx]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [paːtɪːx]

Verb edit

ܦܵܬ݂ܹܚ (pāṯēḥ) (present participle ܦܬ݂ܵܚܵܐ (pṯāḥā), past participle ܦܬ݂ܝܼܚܵܐ (pṯīḥā))

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to open
    ܦܬ݂ܝܼܚ ܠܝܼ ܬܲܪܥܵܐ.pṯīḥ lī tarˁā.I opened the door.
    ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ ܟܡܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܬ݂ܚܝܼ ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ؟šāˁaṯ kmā bit pāṯḥī qudmē?What time will they open tomorrow?
    ܗܘܼܡܙܸܡ ܠܝܼ ܥܲܡܹܗ ܘܠܸܒܹܗ ܦܬ݂ܝܼܚ ܠܹܗ.I spoke to him and he was pleased (literally, “his heart opened.”)
  2. to turn on a tap or valve
    ܦܬ݂ܝܼܚ ܠܝܼ ܦܸܬܝܘܿܢpṯīḥ lī pityōnI turned on the faucet
  3. (with ܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ (liššānā, tongue, language)) (usually of children) to start speaking, use language for the first time
    ܦܬ݂ܝܼܚ ܠܹܗ ܠܸܫܵܢܵܗ̇ ܩܲܠܘܼܠܵܐpṯīḥ lēh liššānāh qalūlāShe started speaking at an early age. (literally, “Her tongue opened quickly.”)

Conjugation edit