ܦܠܚ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܦ ܠ ܚ (p l ḥ)
2 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic פְּלַח (pəlaḥ, to work; to serve; to till); also borrowed in Arabic فَلَحَ (falaḥa, to cultivate) and Hebrew פָּלַח (palákh, to plow)

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [paːlexː]

Verb

ܦܵܠܹܚ (pālēḥ) (present participle ܦܠܵܚܵܐ (plāḥā), past participle ܦܠܝܼܚܵܐ (plīḥā))

  1. to work, labour
    ܓܵܘ ܕܗ̇ܘ ܐܲܬܪܵܐ، ܟܹܐ ܦܵܠܚܲܚ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܲܥܬܵܐ 9 ܗܲܠ 5.
    gāw d-awa atrā, kē pālḥaḥ min šaʿtā 9 hal 5.
    In this country, we work from 9 to 5.
  2. to work, operate, function
    Synonym: ܒܵܪܹܐ (bārē)
    ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܵܐ ܠܹܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܦܠܵܚܵܐ.
    The television is not working.
    ܐܸܢ ܥܵܒ݂ܕܹܬ ܠܹܗ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ، ܟܠ ܡܸܢܕܝܼ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܠܹܚ ܩܵܬܲܢ.
    in ʿāḇdēt lēh yatir ṭāḇā, kul mindī bit pālēḥ qātan.
    If you do it better, everything will work for us.
  3. to play as a device (to produce previously recorded sound or moving images)
    ܙܘܼܠܩܵܠܵܐ ܚܲܕܬܵܐ ܦܠܵܚܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܪܵܡܩܵܠܵܐ.
    zulqālā ḥadtā plāḥā ìlēh b-rāmqālā.
    A new audiotape is playing on the speaker.

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