ܡܣܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܡ ܣ ܐ (m s ˀ)
5 terms

Borrowed from Akkadian masû (“to wash”) not attested in Classical Syriac; doublet of ܡܵܫܹܐ (māšē, “to wipe”) inherited from Aramaic.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [maːseː]

Verb

ܡܵܣܹܐ • (māsē) (present participle ܡܣܵܝܵܐ (msāyā), past participle ܡܸܣܝܵܐ (misyā))

1. (intransitive) to be laundered, washed
2. (transitive) to launder, wash clothes

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܡܵܣܹܐ (māsē)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܡܣܹܐ ܠܝܼ (msē lī)	ܡܣܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (msē lūḵ)	ܡܣܹܐ ܠܹܗ (msē lēh)	ܡܣܹܐ ܠܲܢ (msē lan)	ܡܣܹܐ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (msē lāwḵōn)	ܡܣܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ (msē lhōn)
	f		ܡܣܹܐ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (msē lāḵ)	ܡܣܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ (msē lāh)
non-past	m	ܡܵܣܹܝܢ (māsēn)	ܡܵܣܹܝܬ (māsēt)	ܡܵܣܹܐ (māsē)	ܡܵܣܲܚ (māsaḥ)	ܡܵܣܹܝܬܘܿܢ (māsētōn)	ܡܵܣܝܼ (māsī)
	f	ܡܵܣܝܵܢ (māsyān)	ܡܵܣܝܵܬܝ (māsyāt)	ܡܵܣܝܵܐ (māsyā)
imperative	m		ܡܣܝܼ (msī)			ܡܣܹܝܡܘܼܢ (msēmūn)
	f		ܡܣܹܐ (msē)

Derived terms

• ܡܡܲܣܹܐ (mmassē, “to launder, wash clothes”)