ܕܥܒܝܪܗ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܥ ܒ ܪ (ˁ b r)
11 terms

Etymology

A relative clause, consisting of the conjunction ܕ- (d-) + a contraction of the verb ܥܒ݂ܝܼܪ ܠܹܗ (ˁḇīr lēh); hence literally “that has passed”. (See usage notes below.)

Adjective

ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ • (dˁḇīrēh) (feminine ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܗ̇ (dˁḇīrāh), plural ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ (dˁḇīrhōn))

1. The last, past, latest (the most recent)

   Synonym: ܕܐܵܬ݂ܹܐ (d-āṯē)

   ܡܫܘܼܠܸܡ ܠܲܢ ܒܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ ― mšūlim lan b-šāḇōˁā dˁḇīrēh ― We finished last week

   ܚܙܹܐ ܠܲܢ ܠܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܒܝܲܪܚܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ ― ḥzē lan liḥḏāḏē b-yarḥā dˁḇīrēh ― We saw each other last month

   ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠ ܠܲܢ ܒܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܗ̇ ― zīl lan b-šēttā dˁḇīrāh ― We went last year

Usage notes

• The phrase ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ (dˁḇīrēh) is not a true adjective, but rather, is grammatically a relative clause (literally meaning “that has passed”). As a result, it does not inflect for definiteness, and its feminine singular and plural forms are the conjunction ܕ- (d-) plus the third-person feminine singular past tense and third-person plural past tense (respectively) of the verb ܥܵܒ݂ܹܪ (ˁāḇēr).

See also

• ܕܲܥܒ݂ܲܪ (daˁḇar, “the past”)