Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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Root
ܚ ܕ ܪ (ḥ d r)
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From Aramaic חֲדַר (ḥăḏar); cognate to Hebrew חָזַר (khazár, to return)

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ܚܵܕ݂ܹܪ (ḥāḏēr) (present participle ܚܕ݂ܵܪܵܐ (ḥḏārā), past participle ܚܕ݂ܝܼܪܵܐ (ḥḏīrā))

  1. (intransitive) to go around, circle; turn around
    Synonyms: ܟܵܪܹܟ݂ (kārēḵ), ܕܵܐܹܪ (dāˀēr)
    ܚܕ݂ܝܼܪ ܠܲܢ ܒܟܠܵܗ̇ ܡܵܬ݂ܵܐ.ḥḏīr lan b-kullāh māṯā.We went around the whole town.
  2. (intransitive) to gather
    ܒܵܩܹ̈ܐ ܚܕ݂ܝܼܪ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܐܸܟ݂ܵܠܵܐ ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ܵܐbāqē ḥḏīr lhōn l-iḵālā ḥrīḇāGnats gathered around rotten food.
  3. (intransitive) to turn into [with ܠ- (l-) ‘to’]
    Synonym: ܗܵܘܹܐ (hāwē)
    ܟܲܠܒܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܡܵܨܹܐ ܚܵܕ݂ܹܪ ܠܩܵܛܘܿ.kalbā lā kē māṣē ḥāḏēr l-qāṭō.A dog can not turn into a cat.
  4. (intransitive) to walk
    Synonyms: ܡܗܲܠܸܟ݂ (mhalliḵ), ܪܵܚܹܫ (rāḥēš), ܐܵܙܹܠ (āzēl)
    ܟܹܐ ܚܵܕ݂ܪܹܢ ܒܲܥܓ݂ܲܠ ܒܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܟܠ ܝܘܿܡ.kē ḥāḏrēn baˁḡal b-ḥḏā šāˁṯā kul yōm.I walk briskly for an hour every day.
  5. (intransitive) to promenade, walk or drive about a place usually for fun or leisure
    ܚܕ݂ܝܼܪ ܠܲܢ ܒܪܲܕܵܝܬܝܼ ܒܝܵܘܡܵܐ ܕܢܵܘܚܲܢ.ḥḏīr lan b-raddāytī b-yāwmā d-nāwḥan.We went for a drive in my car on our day off.

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