ܪܗܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology
Root
ܪ ܗ ܐ (r h ˀ)
1 term

From Aramaic רֲאָא (răˀā) with a shift from /ʔ/ to /h/, from Proto-Semitic [Term?]; cognate with Classical Syriac ܪܗܵܐ (“To lie in wait for, watch carefully”), Arabic رَأَى (raʔā, “to see”), Hebrew רָאָה (ra'á, “to see”) and Ge'ez ርእየ (rəʾyä).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [rɑːheː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [rɑːjeː]

Verb

ܪܵܗܹܐ • (rāhē) (present participle ܪܗܵܝܵܐ (rhāyā), past participle ܪܸܗܝܵܐ (rihyā))

  1. (transitive) to look, look at
    Synonyms: ܚܵܐܹܪ (ḥāˀēr), ܢܵܛܹܪ (nāṭēr)
    ܩܵܡܘܿܕܝܼ ܠܹܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܸܪܗܵܝܵܐ ܒܨܘܼܪܬܵܐ؟. ― qāmōdī lē ìlēh birhāyā b-ṣurtā?. ― Why isn’t he looking at the picture.
    ܪܗܝܼ ܒܝܼ ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܡܡܲܠܠܸܢ ܥܲܡܘܼܟ݂. ― rhī bī īman d-mmallin ˁamūḵ. ― Look at me when I am talking to you.
  2. (obsolete, dialectal) to see
    Synonym: ܚܵܙܹܐ (ḥāzē)

Conjugation
Conjugation of ܪܵܗܹܐ (rāhē)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ܪܗܹܐ ܠܝܼ
(rhē lī)		 ܪܗܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂
(rhē lūḵ)		 ܪܗܹܐ ܠܹܗ
(rhē lēh)		 ܪܗܹܐ ܠܲܢ
(rhē lan)		 ܪܗܹܐ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(rhē lāwḵōn)		 ܪܗܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ
(rhē lhōn)
f ܪܗܹܐ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ
(rhē lāḵ)		 ܪܗܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇
(rhē lāh)
non-past m ܪܵܗܹܝܢ
(rāhēn)		 ܪܵܗܹܝܬ
(rāhēt)		 ܪܵܗܹܐ
(rāhē)		 ܪܵܗܲܚ
(rāhaḥ)		 ܪܵܗܹܝܬܘܿܢ
(rāhētōn)		 ܪܵܗܝܼ
(rāhī)
f ܪܵܗܝܵܢ
(rāhyān)		 ܪܵܗܝܵܬܝ
(rāhyāt)		 ܪܵܗܝܵܐ
(rāhyā)
imperative m ܪܗܝܼ
(rhī)		 ܪܗܹܝܡܘܼܢ
(rhēmūn)
f ܪܗܹܐ
(rhē)
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