ܪܚܫ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܪ ܚ ܫ (r ḥ š)
2 terms

Related to Hebrew רַחָשׁ (rakhásh) and Arabic حَشَرَ (ḥašara).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈraːxeʃː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ˈraːxɪʃː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ˈraːxɪʃː]

Verb

ܪܵܚܹܫ • (rāḥēš) (present participle ܪ݇ܚܵܫܵܐ (ḥāšā), past participle ܪ݇ܚܝܼܫܵܐ (ḥīšā))

1. to creep, crawl
2. to go

   ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܪ݇ܚܝܼܫ ܠܘܼܟ݂؟ ― Where did you go?

3. to walk
4. to go by, follow [with ܠ- (l-)]

   ܐܘܼܚ̈ܕܵܢܹܐ ܡܚܲܝ̈ܕܹܐ ܟܹܐ ܪܵܚܫܝܼܢ݇ ܠܣܘܼܪܓܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܓܪܹܝܓܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ ― uḥdānē mḥaydē kē rāḥšī lsurgāḏā grēgōrāyā ― The United States follows the Gregorian calendar.

5. to proceed
6. to spread (of an infection)
7. to be passed on (of tradition, a teaching, an idea, etc.)

Usage notes

• In some dialects of colloquial Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, this verb replaces ܐܵܙܹܠ (āzēl) as the sense go in the gerund, past, and imperative forms.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܪܵܚܹܫ (rāḥēš)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܪ݇ܚܝܼܫ ܠܝܼ (ḥīš lī)	ܪ݇ܚܝܼܫ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (ḥīš lūḵ)	ܪ݇ܚܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ (ḥīš lēh)	ܪ݇ܚܝܼܫ ܠܲܢ (ḥīš lan)	ܪ݇ܚܝܼܫ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥīš lāwḵōn)	ܪ݇ܚܝܼܫ ܠܗܘܿܢ (ḥīš lhōn)
	f		ܪ݇ܚܝܼܫ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥīš lāḵ)	ܪ݇ܚܝܼܫ ܠܵܗ̇ (ḥīš lāh)
non-past	m	ܪܵܚܫܹܢ (rāḥšēn)	ܪܵܚܫܹܬ (rāḥšēt)	ܪܵܚܹܫ (rāḥēš)	ܪܵܚܫܲܚ (rāḥšaḥ)	ܪܵܚܫܝܼܬܘܿܢ (rāḥšītōn)	ܪܵܚܫܝܼ (rāḥšī)
	f	ܪܵܚܫܵܢ (rāḥšān)	ܪܵܚܫܵܬ (rāḥšāt)	ܪܵܚܫܵܐ (rāḥšā)
imperative	m		ܪ݇ܚܘܿܫ (ḥōš)			ܪ݇ܚܘܿܫܘܼܢ (ḥōšūn)
	f		ܪ݇ܚܘܿܫܝ (ḥōš)