ܢܛܪ

ܢܛܪ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܢ ܛ ܪ‎ (n ṭ r)
1 term

Etymology

From Aramaic נְטַר‎ (nəṭar); compare Arabic نَظَرَ‎ (naẓara, “to watch”), Hebrew נָצַר‎ (natsár), Akkadian 𒈾𒍝𒊒 (/naṣāru[m]/, “to watch over, protect”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [nɑːtˤeːr]

Verb

ܢܵܛܹܪ • (nāṭēr) (present participle ܢܛܵܪܵܐ‎ (nṭārā), past participle ܢܛܝܼܪܵܐ‎ (nṭīrā))

1. to guard, watch over, supervise

   ‏ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܢܵܛܹܪܘܼܟ݂‎‎ ― allāhā nāṭēruḵ ― May God guard you

2. to preserve, keep, maintain

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܢܵܛܹܪ (nāṭēr)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܢܛܝܼܪܝܼ‎ (nṭīrī)	ܢܛܝܼܪܘܼܟ݂‎ (nṭīruḵ)	ܢܛܝܼܪܹܗ‎ (nṭīrēh)	ܢܛܝܼܪܲܢ‎ (nṭīran)	ܢܛܝܼܪܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ‎ (nṭīrāwḵon)	ܢܛܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ‎ (nṭīrhon)
	f		ܢܛܝܼܪܵܟ݂ܝ‎ (nṭīrāḵ)	ܢܛܝܼܪܵܗ̇‎ (nṭīrāh)
non-past	m	ܢܵܛܪܹܢ‎ (nāṭrēn)	ܢܵܛܪܹܬ‎ (nāṭrēt)	ܢܵܛܹܪ (nāṭēr)	ܢܵܛܪܲܚ‎ (nāṭraḥ)	ܢܵܛܪܝܼܬܘܿܢ‎ (nāṭrīton)	ܢܵܛܪܝܼ‎ (nāṭrī)
	f	ܢܵܛܪܵܢ‎ (nāṭrān)	ܢܵܛܪܵܬ‎ (nāṭrāt)	ܢܵܛܪܵܐ‎ (nāṭrā)
imperative	m		ܢܛܘܿܪ‎ (nṭor)			ܢܛܘܿܪܘܼܢ‎ (nṭorun)
	f		ܢܛܘܿܪܝ‎ (nṭor)