ܢܛܪ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܢ ܛ ܪ (n ṭ r)
1 term

From Aramaic נְטַר (nəṭar); compare Arabic نَظَرَ (naẓara, “to watch”), Hebrew נָצַר (natsár), Akkadian 𒈾𒍝𒊒 (/⁠naṣāru[m]⁠/, “to watch over, protect”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [nɑːtˤeːr]

Verb

ܢܵܛܹܪ • (nāṭēr) (present participle ܢܛܵܪܵܐ (nṭārā), past participle ܢܛܝܼܪܵܐ (nṭīrā))

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to guard, watch over, supervise
    ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܢܵܛܹܪ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ― allāhā nāṭēr lūḵ ― May God guard you
    ܙܹܠ݇، ܐܵܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܢܵܛܪܹܢ ܨܸܡܕܘܼܟ݂. ― zē, ānā bit nāṭrēn ṣimdūḵ. ― Go, I’ll watch your bag.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) to await, wait for
    ܢܹܐ ܠܸܢܛܵܪܵܐ ܠܲܐܟ݂ܵܐ ― nē linṭārā laˀḵā ― Please wait here.
    ܒܸܢܛܵܪܵܐ ܝܘܲܢ ܝܬܝܼܒ݂ܬܵܐ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܬܲܪܥܵܐ ܕܕܵܥܪܹܬ ― binṭārā wan tīḇtā qām tarˁā ddāˁrēt ― I am awaiting sitting in front of the door for you to return.
  3. (transitive) to preserve, keep, maintain
    ܘܵܠܹܐ ܕܢܵܛܪܲܚ ܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ ܝܸܡܵܝܵܐ. ― wālē d-nāṭraḥ liššānā yimmāyā. ― We must preserve the mother tongue.
    ܢܛܝܼܪܹܗ ܠܹܗ ܒܛܸܫܘܵܐ. ― nṭīrēh lēh b-ṭišwā. ― He kept it secret.
  4. (transitive, computing) to save, write file to disk or other storage medium
    ܠܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܢܛܝܼܪ ܠܝܼ ܗ̇ܘ ܐܸܫܛܵܪܵܐ؟ ܠܹܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܡܲܫ݇ܟ̰ܘܼܚܹܗ. ― l-aykā nṭīr lī awa išṭārā? lē ìwen mačūḥēh. ― Where did I save that document? I can't find it.

Conjugation

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