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 ܒܕܘܼܟܬ݂ܝܼkid kim ḥāzēn lēh ḇīš lī bdukṯīWhen 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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