xeeri

Afar

Etymology 1

Cognates include Somali dheer and Saho dheerhá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖeːˈri/ [ɖeːˈɾɪ]
• Hyphenation: xee‧ri

Verb

xeerí (inchoative exxeeré)

1. (stative) be high; long; tall

Conjugation

Conjugation of xeeri (type III verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
present indicative I	V-affirmative	xeeriyóh	xeeritóh	xeeríh	xeeríh	xeerinóh	xeeritoonúh	xeeroonúh
	N-affirmative	xeeriyó	xeeritó	xeerí	xeerí	xeerinó	xeeritón	xeerón
	negative	máxeeriyo	máxeerito	máxeeri	máxeeri	máxeerino	máxeeriton	máxeeron
present indicative II		affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én
past indicative I		xéeruk + perfective of én
past indicative II		xéeruk + perfective of sugé
present potential	affirmative	xeeriyóm takkéh	xeeritóm takkéh	xeerím takkéh	xeerím takkéh	xeerinóm takkéh	xeeritoonúm takkéh	xeeroonúm takkéh
past conditional	affirmative	xéeruk + past conditional of sugé
		-h converb	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	infinitive
		xéerih	xéeruk	xeerínnuh	xeeríyya

Derived terms

• xergéera

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖeːˈri/ [ɖeːˈɾɪ]
• Hyphenation: xee‧ri

Noun

xeerí

1. inflection of xéeru:
   1. subjective
   2. genitive

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “xeeri”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)