ܥܒܕ

From Aramaic עֲבַד (ʿăḇaḏ), from a Central Semitic innovation; compare Hebrew עָבַד (avád, “to work”) and Arabic عَبَدَ (ʕabada, “to serve”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʕaːweːð]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔaːwɪð]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʔaːvɪd]

ܥܵܒ݂ܹܕ݂ • (ˁāḇēḏ) (present participle ܥܒ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܐ (ˁḇāḏā), past participle ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ (ˁḇīḏā))

1. to do

   ܠܵܐ ܫܵܠܹܝܬܘܿܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܒܸܥܒ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܥܵܒ݂ܘܿܕ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܚܘܼܠܡܵܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ. ― lā šālētōn min biˁḇāḏā ˁāḇōdwāṯē ḥulmānāyē. ― Do not stop doing healthy activities.

   • Colossians 3:23:

     ܘܟܠ ܡܸܢܕܝܼ ܕܥܵܒ݂ܕ݂ܝܼܬܘܿܢ، ܥܒ݂ܘܿܕ݂ܘܼܢ ܠܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܠܹܗ ܠܸܒܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ، ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܕܐܸܢ ܠܡܵܪܝܵܐ ܘܠܵܐ ܠܒܢܲܝ̈ܢܵܫܵܐ،

     w-kul mindī dˁāḇḏītōn, ˁḇōḏūn lēh min kullēh libbāwḵōn, ayḵ d-in l-māryā w-lā l-bnaynāšā,

     And whatever you do, do it heartedly, as to the Lord and not to men,

2. to make, create

   Synonym: ܒܵܪܹܐ (bārē)

   ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܝܵܕ݂ܥܹܢ ܡܲܢܝܼ ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܹܗ ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܐܘܿܝܡܵܐ. ― kē bāˁēn yāḏˁēn manī ˁḇīḏ lēh hāḏē ōymā. ― I want to know who made this dress.

3. to pick or harvest fruit, vegetables, or herbs

   ܥܒ݂ܘܿܕ݂ ܠܝܼ ܚܲܕ݇ܬܹܪ݇ܝܢ݇ ܬܘܼܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ ― ˁḇōḏ lī ḥattēy tūṯē ― Pick a few mulberries for me.

4. (with ܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ or ܓܵܢܹܗ) to feign (attempt to deceive by false acting)

   ܠܵܐ ܡܗܲܝܡܢܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܕܘܼܓܠܹܗ. ܝܼܠܹܗ ܒܸܥܒ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ ܡܸܣܟܹܝܢܵܐ ― lā mhaymnītōn duglēh. īlēh biˁḇāḏā nafšēh miskēnā ― Don’t believe his lies. He is making himself out to be innocent.

   ܒܸܥܒ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܗ̇ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܫܵܡܥܵܐ ܠܝܼ ― biˁḇāḏā nafšāh lā kē šāmˁā lī ― She’s feigning that she can’t hear me.

5. (with ܛܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (ṭāḇtā, “goodness, charity”)) to do a good deed for, show kindness
6. (colloquial) used to express foreign verbs that don’t fit the structure of the language

   ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܝܼ ܒ݂ܵܟܝܘܼܡ ― ˁḇīḏ lī ḇākyūm ― I vacuumed (literally, “I did vacuum”)

   ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܹܗ ܐܘܿܪܕܲܪ ܡܹܐܟ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ ― ˁḇīḏ lēh ōrdar mēḵultā ― He ordered food (literally, “He did order food”)

• (foreign verbs): This is mostly restricted to non-Semitic languages, as expressing verbs borrowed from Arabic is usually though a verb borrowing fully incorporated into the language, due to the similarity of both languages being Semitic.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʕawɪd.]

ܥܲܒ݂ܸܕ • (ˁaḇid) m sg (plural ܥܲܒ݂ܕܲܝ̈ (ʿaḇday))

1. construct state singular of ܥܲܒ݂ܕܵܐ (ˁaḇdā, “servant; slave”)