ܓܠܚ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܓ ܠ ܚ (g l ḥ)
1 term

Irregular development from ܫܵܠܸܚ (šāliḥ, “to strip”), with a shift from /ʃ/ to /d͡ʒ/. Alternatively and less likely related to Classical Syriac ܓܠܲܚ (glaḥ, “to stretch out, expose”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [d͡ʒaːlɪx]

Verb

ܓ̰ܵܠܸܚ • (jāliḥ) (present participle ܓ̰ܠܵܚܵܐ (jlāḥā), past participle ܓ̰ܠܝܼܚܵܐ (jlīḥā))

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to peel off, remove; to have (a part of oneself) peeled off or removed (of skin, a skin scab, tree bark, or any other type of thin layer on a surface)
    ܪܲܕܵܝܬܵܐ ܩܝܼܬ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ ܠܪܨܝܼܦܬܵܐ ܘܓ̰ܠܝܼܚ ܠܵܗ̇ ― raddāytā qīṯ lāh lrṣīptā wjlīḥ lāh ― The car hit the curb and its layer (of paint) was removed.

Conjugation

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