ܝܒܫ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܝ ܒ ܫ (y b š)
6 terms

From Aramaic יְבֵשׁ (yəḇeš); compare Arabic يَبِسَ (yabisa), Hebrew יִבֵּשׁ (yibésh, “to dry”) and הִתְיַבֵּשׁ (hityabésh, “to go dry, dry out”)

ܝܵܒ݂ܸܫ • (yāḇiš) (present participle ܝܒ݂ܵܫܵܐ (ḇāšā), past participle ܝܒ݂ܝܼܫܵܐ (ḇīšā))

(intransitive) to dry out, become dry
ܢܲܗܪܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܝܵܒ݂ܹܫ ܐܸܕܩܲܝܛܵܐ. ― nahrā bit yāḇēš idqayṭā. ― The river will dry out this summer.
(intransitive) to wither, shrivel
ܐܝܼܠܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܘܗܲܒܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܝܒ݂ܝܼܫ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܸܠܲܬ ܚܲܣܝܼܪܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܡܸܛܪܵܐ.
īlānē w-habbāḇē ḇīš lhōn min ˁillat ḥasīrūtā d-miṭrā.
The trees and the flowers withered due to a lack of rain.
(intransitive, figurative) to freeze up, become paralyzed, stop suddenly due to surprise, fear, anxiety, etc.
ܟܸܕ ܟܸܡ ܚܵܙܹܝܢ ܠܹܗ ܝܒ݂ܝܼܫ ܠܝܼ ܒܕܘܼܟܬ݂ܝܼ ― kid kim ḥāzēn lēh ḇīš lī bdukṯī ― When I saw him, I froze up in my spot.

Conjugation of ܝܵܒ݂ܹܫ (yāḇēš)