ܕܥܒܝܪܗ

A relative clause, consisting of the conjunction ܕ-‎ (d-) + the verb ܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ‎ (ʿḇīrēh); hence literally “that has passed”. (See usage notes below.)

ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ‎ • (dʿḇīrēh) (feminine ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܗ̇ (dʿḇīrāh), plural ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ‎ (dʿḇirhon))

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

   Synonym: ܕܐܵܬܹܐ‎ (d-ātē)

   ‏ܫܘܼܠܸܡ ܠܲܢ ܒܫܲܒ݂ܘܼܥܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ‎‎ ― šulim lan bšaḇuʿā dʿḇīrēh ― We finished last week

   ‏ܚܙܹܐ ܠܲܢ ܠܸܚܕܵܕܹܐ ܒܝܲܪܚܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ‎‎ ― ḥzē lan liḥdādē b-yarḥā dʿḇīrēh ― We saw each other last month

   ‏ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠ ܠܲܢ ܒܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܗ̇‎‎ ― zil lan b-šētā dʿḇīrāh ― We went last year

• The phrase ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ (dʿḇīrēh) 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 (ʿāḇēr).

• ܕܲܥܒ݂ܲܪ‎ (daʿḇar, “the past”)