ܢܦܚ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܢ ܦ ܚ (n p ḥ)
2 terms

From Aramaic נְפַח (nəp̄aḥ), from Proto-Semitic *napaḫ-; compare Arabic نَفَخَ (nafaḵa), Hebrew נָפַח (nafákh) and Akkadian 𒃸𒃸 (napāḫum).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [nɑːpexː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [nɑːpɪxː]

Verb

ܢܵܦܹܚ • (nāpēḥ) (present participle ܢܦܵܚܵܐ (npāḥā), past participle ܢܦܝܼܚܵܐ (npīḥā))

1. to blow
2. to blow up, to inflate
3. to exhale, breathe out

   Antonym: ܣܵܝܹܩ (sāyēq)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܢܵܦܹܚ (nāpēḥ)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܢܦܝܼܚ ܠܝܼ (npīḥ lī)	ܢܦܝܼܚ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (npīḥ lūḵ)	ܢܦܝܼܚ ܠܹܗ (npīḥ lēh)	ܢܦܝܼܚ ܠܲܢ (npīḥ lan)	ܢܦܝܼܚ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (npīḥ lāwḵōn)	ܢܦܝܼܚ ܠܗܘܿܢ (npīḥ lhōn)
	f		ܢܦܝܼܚ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (npīḥ lāḵ)	ܢܦܝܼܚ ܠܵܗ̇ (npīḥ lāh)
non-past	m	ܢܵܦܚܹܢ (nāpḥēn)	ܢܵܦܚܹܬ (nāpḥēt)	ܢܵܦܹܚ (nāpēḥ)	ܢܵܦܚܲܚ (nāpḥaḥ)	ܢܵܦܚܝܼܬܘܿܢ (nāpḥītōn)	ܢܵܦܚܝܼ (nāpḥī)
	f	ܢܵܦܚܵܢ (nāpḥān)	ܢܵܦܚܵܬܝ (nāpḥāt)	ܢܵܦܚܵܐ (nāpḥā)
imperative	m		ܢܦܘܿܚ (npōḥ)			ܢܦܘܿܚܘܼܢ (npōḥūn)
	f		ܢܦܘܿܚܝ (npōḥ)