ܡܙܡܪ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܙ ܡ ܪ‎ (z m r)
3 terms

Etymology

The first sense is a borrowing from Arabic زَمَّرَ‎ (zammara).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mzam.mɪr.]

Verb

ܡܙܲܡܸܪ • (mzammir) (present participle ܡܙܲܡܘܼܪܹܐ‎ (mzamurē), past participle ܡܙܘܼܡܪܵܐ‎ (mzumrā))

  1. to honk, to beep (to use a car horn)
    ‏ܠܡܵܢܝܼ ܝܠܹܗ ܡܙܲܡܘܼܪܹܐ؟‎‎
    Who is he beeping to?
    ‏ܙܲܡܸܪ ܠܕܗ̇ܝ ܪܲܕܵܝܬܵܐ ܕܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ܒܸܛܪܵܝܵܐ ܒܩܝܼܘܲܢܕܹܝܢܘܿܣ‎
    zammir l-d-aya raddāytā d-īlāh biṭrāyā b-qīwandēnos
    Beep at that car driving dangerously?
  2. to praise, to sing psalms

Conjugation

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