ܚܪܒ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܚ ܪ ܒ (ḥ r b)
3 terms

From Aramaic חְרַב (ḥəraḇ), from Proto-Semitic; compare Arabic خَرَبَ (ḵaraba), خَرِبَ (ḵariba) and Hebrew חָרַב (kharáv).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xɑːruː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [xɑːrɪvː]

Verb

ܚܵܪܹܒ݂ • (ḥārēḇ) (present participle ܚܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥrāḇā), past participle ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥrīḇā))

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to ruin, break, damage, destroy
    ܟܸܡ ܚܵܪܹܒ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ ― kim ḥārēḇ lāh ― He ruined it.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to rot, expire (of food)
    ܡܘܼ̈ܙܹܐ ܚܪ̈ܝܼܒ݂ܹܐ ― mūzē ḥrīḇē ― Rotten bananas.
    ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܚܪ̈ܝܼܒ݂ܝܼܢ ܠܵܗ̇ ܒܸܣܪܵܪܹ̈ܐ ― šimšā ḥrīḇīn lāh bisrārē ― The sun made the meats ruin.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to break, ruin, stop functioning (of cars, toys, phones, electronics, machinery, etc.)
    ܬܸܠܝܼܦ̮ܘܿܢܹܗ ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܹܗ ― tilīfōnēh ḥrīḇ lēh ― His phone stopped working.
  4. to dehydrate, dry up

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