ܣܦܪ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
editEtymology
edit| Root |
|---|
| ܣ ܦ ܪ (s p r) |
| 2 terms |
Compare Hebrew סָפַר (safár, “to count”) and Hebrew סִפֵּר (sipér, “to recount; to narrate”). The first and second meanings come from one root, the third and fourth from another, and the fifth comes from an irregular development from ܣܵܒ݂ܸܪ (sāḇir, “to hope”) or the pael stem of it.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editܣܵܦܹܪ • (sāpēr) (present participle ܣܦܵܪܵܐ (spārā), past participle ܣܦܝܼܪܵܐ (spīrā))
- (intransitive) to be/become sheared
- (transitive) to get a haircut
- (transitive) to narrate, recount
- (transitive) to write, scribe
- to wait
Conjugation
editConjugation of ܣܵܦܹܪ (sāpēr)
| singular | plural | ||||||
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| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| past | m | ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܝܼ (spīr lī) |
ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (spīr lūḵ) |
ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܹܗ (spīr lēh) |
ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܲܢ (spīr lan) |
ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (spīr lāwḵōn) |
ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܗܘܿܢ (spīr lhōn) |
| f | ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (spīr lāḵ) |
ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܵܗ̇ (spīr lāh) | |||||
| non-past | m | ܣܵܦܪܹܢ (sāprēn) |
ܣܵܦܪܹܬ (sāprēt) |
ܣܵܦܹܪ (sāpēr) |
ܣܵܦܪܲܚ (sāpraḥ) |
ܣܵܦܪܝܼܬܘܿܢ (sāprītōn) |
ܣܵܦܪܝܼ (sāprī) |
| f | ܣܵܦܪܵܢ (sāprān) |
ܣܵܦܪܵܬܝ (sāprāt) |
ܣܵܦܪܵܐ (sāprā) | ||||
| imperative | m | ܣܦܘܿܪ (spōr) |
ܣܦܘܿܪܘܼܢ (spōrūn) |
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| f | ܣܦܘܿܪܝ (spōr) | ||||||