ܚܪܒ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܚ ܪ ܒ (ḥ r b)
3 terms

From Aramaic חְרַב (ḥəraḇ), from Proto-Semitic; compare Arabic خَرَبَ (ḵaraba), خَرِبَ (ḵariba) and Hebrew חָרַב (kharáv).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [xɑːruː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [xɑːrɪvː]

Verb

ܚܵܪܹܒ݂ • (ḥārēḇ) (present participle ܚܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥrāḇā), past participle ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥrīḇā))

1. (transitive, intransitive) to ruin, break, damage, destroy

   ܟܸܡ ܚܵܪܹܒ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ ― kim ḥārēḇ lāh ― He ruined it.

2. (transitive, intransitive) to rot, expire (of food)

   ܡܘܼ̈ܙܹܐ ܚܪ̈ܝܼܒ݂ܹܐ ― mūzē ḥrīḇē ― Rotten bananas.

   ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܚܪ̈ܝܼܒ݂ܝܼܢ ܠܵܗ̇ ܒܸܣܪܵܪܹ̈ܐ ― šimšā ḥrīḇīn lāh bisrārē ― The sun made the meats ruin.

3. (transitive, intransitive) to break, ruin, stop functioning (of cars, toys, phones, electronics, machinery, etc.)

   ܬܸܠܝܼܦ̮ܘܿܢܹܗ ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܹܗ ― tilīfōnēh ḥrīḇ lēh ― His phone stopped working.

4. to dehydrate, dry up

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܚܵܪܹܒ݂ (ḥārēḇ)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܝܼ (ḥrīḇ lī)	ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (ḥrīḇ lūḵ)	ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܹܗ (ḥrīḇ lēh)	ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܲܢ (ḥrīḇ lan)	ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥrīḇ lāwḵōn)	ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܗܘܿܢ (ḥrīḇ lhōn)
	f		ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥrīḇ lāḵ)	ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ (ḥrīḇ lāh)
non-past	m	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܹܢ (ḥārḇēn)	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܹܬ (ḥārḇēt)	ܚܵܪܹܒ݂ (ḥārēḇ)	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܲܚ (ḥārḇaḥ)	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܝܼܬܘܿܢ (ḥārḇītōn)	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܝܼ (ḥārḇī)
	f	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܵܢ (ḥārḇān)	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܵܬܝ (ḥārḇāt)	ܚܵܪܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥārḇā)
imperative	m		ܚܪܘܿܒ݂ (ḥrōḇ)			ܚܪܘܿܒ݂ܘܼܢ (ḥrōḇūn)
	f		ܚܪܘܿܒ݂ܝ (ḥrōḇ)

Antonyms

• ܛܵܐܹܒ݂ (ṭāˀēḇ)