ܪܗܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܪܵܐܹܐ (rāˀē)

Etymology

Root
ܪ ܗ ܐ (r h ˀ)
1 term

From Aramaic רֲאָא (răˀā) with a shift from /ʔ/ to /h/, from Proto-Semitic [Term?]; cognate with Classical Syriac ܪܗܵܐ (“To lie in wait for, watch carefully”), Arabic رَأَى (raʔā, “to see”), Hebrew רָאָה (ra'á, “to see”) and Ge'ez ርእየ (rəʾyä).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [rɑːheː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [rɑːjeː]

Verb

ܪܵܗܹܐ • (rāhē) (present participle ܪܗܵܝܵܐ (rhāyā), past participle ܪܸܗܝܵܐ (rihyā))

1. (transitive) to look, look at

   Synonyms: ܚܵܐܹܪ (ḥāˀēr), ܢܵܛܹܪ (nāṭēr)

   ܩܵܡܘܿܕܝܼ ܠܹܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܸܪܗܵܝܵܐ ܒܨܘܼܪܬܵܐ؟. ― qāmōdī lē ìlēh birhāyā b-ṣurtā?. ― Why isn’t he looking at the picture.

   ܪܗܝܼ ܒܝܼ ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܡܡܲܠܠܸܢ ܥܲܡܘܼܟ݂. ― rhī bī īman d-mmallin ˁamūḵ. ― Look at me when I am talking to you.

2. (obsolete, dialectal) to see

   Synonym: ܚܵܙܹܐ (ḥāzē)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܪܵܗܹܐ (rāhē)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܪܗܹܐ ܠܝܼ (rhē lī)	ܪܗܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (rhē lūḵ)	ܪܗܹܐ ܠܹܗ (rhē lēh)	ܪܗܹܐ ܠܲܢ (rhē lan)	ܪܗܹܐ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rhē lāwḵōn)	ܪܗܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ (rhē lhōn)
	f		ܪܗܹܐ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (rhē lāḵ)	ܪܗܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ (rhē lāh)
non-past	m	ܪܵܗܹܝܢ (rāhēn)	ܪܵܗܹܝܬ (rāhēt)	ܪܵܗܹܐ (rāhē)	ܪܵܗܲܚ (rāhaḥ)	ܪܵܗܹܝܬܘܿܢ (rāhētōn)	ܪܵܗܝܼ (rāhī)
	f	ܪܵܗܝܵܢ (rāhyān)	ܪܵܗܝܵܬܝ (rāhyāt)	ܪܵܗܝܵܐ (rāhyā)
imperative	m		ܪܗܝܼ (rhī)			ܪܗܹܝܡܘܼܢ (rhēmūn)
	f		ܪܗܹܐ (rhē)