ܝܒܫ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܝ ܒ ܫ (y b š)
6 terms

From Aramaic יְבֵשׁ (yəḇeš); compare Arabic يَبِسَ (yabisa), Hebrew יִבֵּשׁ (yibésh, “to dry”) and הִתְיַבֵּשׁ (hityabésh, “to go dry, dry out”)

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [jɑːweʃː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [jaːvɪʃ]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [jaːwɪʃ], [waːjɪʃ]

Verb

ܝܵܒ݂ܸܫ • (yāḇiš) (present participle ܝܒ݂ܵܫܵܐ (ḇāšā), past participle ܝܒ݂ܝܼܫܵܐ (ḇīšā))

  1. (intransitive) to dry out, become dry
    ܢܲܗܪܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܝܵܒ݂ܹܫ ܐܸܕܩܲܝܛܵܐ. ― nahrā bit yāḇēš idqayṭā. ― The river will dry out this summer.
  2. (intransitive) to wither, shrivel
    ܐܝܼܠܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܘܗܲܒܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܝܒ݂ܝܼܫ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܸܠܲܬ ܚܲܣܝܼܪܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܡܸܛܪܵܐ.
    īlānē w-habbāḇē ḇīš lhōn min ˁillat ḥasīrūtā d-miṭrā.
    The trees and the flowers withered due to a lack of rain.
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to freeze up, become paralyzed, stop suddenly due to surprise, fear, anxiety, etc.
    ܟܸܕ ܟܸܡ ܚܵܙܹܝܢ ܠܹܗ ܝܒ݂ܝܼܫ ܠܝܼ ܒܕܘܼܟܬ݂ܝܼ ― kid kim ḥāzēn lēh ḇīš lī bdukṯī ― When I saw him, I froze up in my spot.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • ܒܵܪܹܙ (bārēz)

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “dry”): ܬܵܪܹܐ (tārē), ܬܵܠܹܠ (tālēl), ܪܵܛܹܒ݂ (rāṭēḇ)
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