יִירֵי

Judeo-Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin īre, infinitive of eō, from Proto-Italic *eō, from earlier *ejō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti (“to be going”), athematic root present of *h₁ey- (“to go”). Compare Italian gire.

Verb

יִירֵי (yire /jire/)

1. (intransitive) to go (move through space)
   • 16^th century, “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Prophets] (incomplete manuscript), chapter 31, verse 9, archived as part of the National Library of Israel's catalogue:

     אִין פְלַאנְטוֹ וֵירַאנוֹ אֵי אִין רֵיפְיַיאטַאמֵינְטִי קוּנְדוּרַאייוֹ אֵיסִי פַֿארַאייוֹ יִירֵי [translating הָלַךְ (hālaḵ)] אֵיסִי אַה פְֿלוּמִי דֵי אַקוּוִי (Judeo-Roman)

     ʔin pəlaʔnəto weraʔno ʔe ʔin repəyyaʔtaʔmenəti qunəduraʔyyo ʔesi p̄aʔraʔyyo yire ʔesi ʔah p̄əlumi de ʔaquwi

     /In planto verranno, e in repjjatamenti cundurrajjo essi: farajjo jire essi a flumi de acqui/

     They shall come weeping, and with petitions will I lead them: I shall make them go to rivers of waters

Conjugation

• Gerund: יֵינוֹ (yeno /⁠jenno⁠/)
• Indicative:
  • Present: יִיטִי (yiṭi /⁠jiti⁠/, 2^nd-person plural)
  • Past historic: ײִווֹ (yiwo /⁠jivo⁠/, 3^rd-person singular)
  • Future: יִירִיטִי (yiriṭi /⁠jiriti⁠/, 2^nd-person plural)
• Imperative: יִיטִי (yiṭi /⁠jiti⁠/, 2^nd-person plural)

Derived terms

• יִירֵי דֵירִיטוֹ (yire deriṭo /⁠jire derito⁠/)