ܚܪܒ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܚ ܪ ܒ (ḥ r b)
3 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic חְרַב (ḥəraḇ), from Proto-Semitic; compare Arabic خَرَبَ (ḵaraba), خَرِبَ (ḵariba) and Hebrew חָרַב (kharáv).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xɑːruː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [xɑːrɪvː]

Verb

ܚܵܪܹܒ݂ (ḥārēḇ) (present participle ܚܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥrāḇā), past participle ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥrīḇā)) (intransitive)

  1. to be ruined, broken, damaged, destroyed
  2. to ruin, to destroy
    ܟܸܡ ܚܵܪܹܒ݂ ܠܵܗ̇
    kim ḥārēḇ lāh
    He ruined it.
  3. to rot, expire (of food)
    ܡܘܼ̈ܙܹܐ ܚܪ̈ܝܼܒ݂ܹܐ
    muzē ḥrīḇē
    Rotten bananas.
  4. (intransitive) to break, ruin, stop functioning (of cars, toys, phones, etc.)
    ܬܸܠܝܼܦ̮ܘܿܢܹܗ ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܹܗ
    tilifonēh ḥriḇ lēh
    His phone stopped working.
  5. to dehydrate, dry up

Conjugation

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