Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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Root
ܬ ܦ ܬ ܫ (t p t š)
1 term

Onomatopoeic possibly borrowed and reduplicated from Arabic فَتَّشَ (fattaša).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [mətaf.tɪʃ.]

Verb

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ܡܬܲܦ̮ܬܸܫ (mtaftiš) (present participle ܡܬܲܦ̮ܬܘܼܫܹܐ (mtaftūšē), past participle ܡܬܘܼܦ̮ܬܫܵܐ (mtuftšā))

  1. to examine, search, look into, scrutinize; to go through, look through, read through
    ܢܵܛܲܪ ܫܲܝܢܵܐ ܕܒܹܝܬ݂ ܛܵܘܣܵܐ ܡܬܘܼܦ̮ܬܸܫ ܠܹܗ ܒܟܠܗܘܿܢ ܡܵܐܢܹ̈ܐ ܒܓܵܘ ܨܸܡܕܵܐ.
    nāṭar šaynā d-bēṯ ṭāwsā mtuftiš lēh b-kullhōn mānē b-gāw ṣimdā.
    The airport security went through all the items in the bag.

Conjugation

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