ܕܥܒܝܪܗ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܥ ܒ ܪ‎ (ʿ b r)
7 terms

Etymology

A relative clause, consisting of the conjunction ܕ-‎ (d-) + the verb ܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ‎ (ʿḇīrēh); hence literally “that has passed”. (See usage notes below.)

Adjective

ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ‎ • (d-ʿḇīrēh) (feminine ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܗ̇ (d-ʿḇīrāh), plural ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ‎ (d-ʿḇīrhon))

  1. The last, past, latest (the most recent)
    ‏ܦܪܝܼܩ ܠܲܢ ܒܫܲܒ݂ܘܼܥܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ.‎‎ ― We finished last week.
    ‏ܚܙܹܐ ܠܲܢ ܥܘܼܕܵܠܹܐ ܒܝܲܪܚܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ.‎‎ ― We saw each other last month.
    ‏ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠ ܠܲܢ ܒܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܗ̇.‎‎ ― We went last year.

Usage notes

  • The phrase ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ (d-ʿḇīrēh) is not a true adjective, but rather, is grammatically a relative clause (literally meaning “that has passed”). As a result, it does not inflect for definiteness, and its feminine singular and plural forms are the conjunction ܕ-‎ (d-) plus the third-person feminine singular past tense and third-person plural past tense (respectively) of the verb ܥܵܒ݂ܹܪ‎ (ʿāḇēr).

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