ܡܚܪܒ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܚ ܪ ܒ (ḥ r b)
3 terms

Causitive of ܚܵܪܹܒ݂ (ḥārēḇ); compare the same in Arabic خَرَّبَ (ḵarraba)

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [max.ru.]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [max.rɪv.]

Verb

ܡܲܚܪܸܒ݂ • (maḥriḇ) (present participle ܡܲܚܪܘܼܒ݂ܹܐ (maḥrūḇē), past participle ܡܘܼܚܪܸܒ݂ܵܐ (muḥriḇā))

  1. (transitive) to ruin, break, damage
    ܗ̇ܘ ܟܹܐ ܡܲܚܪܸܒ݂ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܐ ܒܒܝܼܫܬܹܗ.
    awa kē maḥriḇ nafšē b-bīštēh.
    He ruins himself by his own wickedness.
    ܟܹܐ ܥܵܡܪܲܚ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܡܕܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܫܲܦܝܼܪܬܵܐ ܘܚܵܝܬܵܐ ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܡܘܼܚܪܸܒ݂ܵܗ̇ ܠܗܘܿܢ.
    kē ˁāmraḥ wā gāw mdītā šapīrtā w-ḥāytā īnā muḥriḇāh lhōn.
    We used to live in a beautiful and lively city but they ruined it.
  2. (transitive) to demolish, devastate

Conjugation

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