ܚܪܒ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܚ ܪ ܒ (ḥ r b)
3 terms

From Aramaic חְרַב (ḥəraḇ), from Proto-Semitic; compare Arabic خَرَبَ (ḵaraba), خَرِبَ (ḵariba) and Hebrew חָרַב (kharáv).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xɑːruː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [xɑːrɪvː]

Verb

ܚܵܪܹܒ݂ • (ḥārēḇ) (present participle ܚܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥrāḇā), past participle ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥrīḇā))

1. (transitive, intransitive) to ruin, break, damage, destroy

   ܟܸܡ ܚܵܪܹܒ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ ― kim ḥārēḇ lāh ― He ruined it.

2. (transitive, intransitive) to rot, expire (of food)

   ܡܘܼ̈ܙܹܐ ܚܪ̈ܝܼܒ݂ܹܐ ― mūzē ḥrīḇē ― Rotten bananas.

   ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܚܪ̈ܝܼܒ݂ܝܼܢ ܠܵܗ̇ ܒܸܣܪܵܪܹ̈ܐ ― šimšā ḥrīḇīn lāh bisrārē ― The sun made the meats ruin.

3. (transitive, intransitive) to break, ruin, stop functioning (of cars, toys, phones, electronics, machinery, etc.)

   ܬܸܠܝܼܦ̮ܘܿܢܹܗ ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܹܗ ― tilīfōnēh ḥrīḇ lēh ― His phone stopped working.

4. to decay
5. to dehydrate, dry up

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܚܵܪܹܒ݂ (ḥārēḇ)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܝܼ (ḥrīḇ lī)	ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (ḥrīḇ lūḵ)	ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܹܗ (ḥrīḇ lēh)	ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܲܢ (ḥrīḇ lan)	ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥrīḇ lāwḵōn)	ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܗܘܿܢ (ḥrīḇ lhōn)
	f		ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥrīḇ lāḵ)	ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ (ḥrīḇ lāh)
non-past	m	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܹܢ (ḥārḇēn)	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܹܬ (ḥārḇēt)	ܚܵܪܹܒ݂ (ḥārēḇ)	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܲܚ (ḥārḇaḥ)	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܝܼܬܘܿܢ (ḥārḇītōn)	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܝܼ (ḥārḇī)
	f	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܵܢ (ḥārḇān)	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܵܬܝ (ḥārḇāt)	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥārḇā)
imperative	m		ܚܪܘܿܒ݂ (ḥrōḇ)			ܚܪܘܿܒ݂ܘܼܢ (ḥrōḇūn)
	f		ܚܪܘܿܒ݂ܝ (ḥrōḇ)

Antonyms

• ܛܵܐܹܒ݂ (ṭāˀēḇ)