ܦܬܚ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܦ ܬ ܚ (p t ḥ)
6 terms

From Aramaic פְּתַח (pəṯaḥ), from Proto-Semitic *pataḥ-; compare Arabic فَتَحَ (fataḥa), Hebrew פָּתַח (patákh) and Akkadian 𒉿𒌅𒌑𒌝 (petûm)

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [paːθeːx]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [paːθɪx]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [paːtɪːx]

Verb

ܦܵܬ݂ܹܚ • (pāṯēḥ) (present participle ܦܬ݂ܵܚܵܐ (pṯāḥā), past participle ܦܬ݂ܝܼܚܵܐ (pṯīḥā))

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to open
    ܦܬ݂ܝܼܚ ܠܝܼ ܬܲܪܥܵܐ. ― pṯīḥ lī tarˁā. ― I opened the door.
    ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ ܟܡܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܬ݂ܚܝܼ ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ؟ ― šāˁaṯ kmā bit pāṯḥī qudmē? ― What time will they open tomorrow?
    ܗܘܼܡܙܸܡ ܠܝܼ ܥܲܡܹܗ ܘܠܸܒܹܗ ܦܬ݂ܝܼܚ ܠܹܗ. ― I spoke to him and he was pleased (literally, “his heart opened.”)
  2. to turn on a tap or valve
    ܦܬ݂ܝܼܚ ܠܝܼ ܦܸܬܝܘܿܢ ― pṯīḥ lī pityōn ― I turned on the faucet
  3. (with ܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ (liššānā, “tongue, language”)) (usually of children) to start speaking, use language for the first time
    ܦܬ݂ܝܼܚ ܠܹܗ ܠܸܫܵܢܵܗ̇ ܩܲܠܘܼܠܵܐ ― pṯīḥ lēh liššānāh qalūlā ― She started speaking at an early age. (literally, “Her tongue opened quickly.”)

Conjugation

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