ܕܥܒܝܪܗ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
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| ܥ ܒ ܪ (ˁ b r) |
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Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ • (dˁḇīrēh) (feminine ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܗ̇ (dˁḇīrāh), plural ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ (dˁḇīrhōn))
- 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
[edit]- 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).