ܦܠܚ

ܦܠܚ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܦ ܠ ܚ‎ (p l ḥ)
2 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic פְּלַח‎ (pəlaḥ, “to work; to serve; to till”); also borrowed in Arabic فَلَحَ‎ (falaḥa, “to cultivate”) and Hebrew פָּלַח‎ (palákh, “to plow”)

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [paːlexː]

Verb

ܦܵܠܹܚ • (pālēḥ) (present participle ܦܠܵܚܵܐ‎ (plāḥā), past participle ܦܠܝܼܚܵܐ‎ (plīḥā))

1. to work, labour

   ‏ܓܵܘ ܕܗ̇ܘ ܐܲܬܪܵܐ، ܟܹܐ ܦܵܠܚܲܚ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܲܥܬܵܐ 9 ܗܲܠ 5.‎‎

   gāw d-aw atrā, kē pālḥaḥ min šaʿtā 9 hal 5.

   In this country, we work from 9 to 5.

2. to work, operate, function

   ‏ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܵܐ ܠܹܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܦܠܵܚܵܐ.‎‎

   prāsḥizwā lē ìlēh plāḥā.

   The television is not working.

   ‏ܐܸܢ ܥܵܒ݂ܕܹܬ ܠܹܗ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ، ܟܠ ܡܸܢܕܝܼ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܠܹܚ ܩܵܬܲܢ.‎‎

   in ʿāḇdēt lēh yatir ṭāḇā, kul mindī bit pālēḥ qātan.

   If you do it better, everything will work for us.

3. to play as a device (to produce previously recorded sound or moving images)

   ‏ܙܘܼܠܩܵܠܵܐ ܚܲܕܬܵܐ ܦܠܵܚܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܪܵܡܩܵܠܵܐ.‎‎

   zulqālā ḥadtā plāḥā ìlēh b-rāmqālā.

   A new audiotape is playing on the speaker.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܦܵܠܹܚ (pālēḥ)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܦܠܝܼܚ ܠܝܼ‎ (pliḥ lī)	ܦܠܝܼܚ ܠܘܼܟ݂‎ (pliḥ luḵ)	ܦܠܝܼܚ ܠܹܗ‎ (pliḥ lēh)	ܦܠܝܼܚ ܠܲܢ‎ (pliḥ lan)	ܦܠܝܼܚ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ‎ (pliḥ lāwḵon)	ܦܠܝܼܚ ܠܗܘܿܢ‎ (pliḥ lhon)
	f		ܦܠܝܼܚ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ‎ (pliḥ lāḵ)	ܦܠܝܼܚ ܠܵܗ̇‎ (pliḥ lāh)
non-past	m	ܦܵܠܚܹܢ‎ (pālḥēn)	ܦܵܠܚܹܬ‎ (pālḥēt)	ܦܵܠܹܚ (pālēḥ)	ܦܵܠܚܲܚ‎ (pālḥaḥ)	ܦܵܠܚܝܼܬܘܿܢ‎ (pālḥiton)	ܦܵܠܚܝܼ‎ (pālḥī)
	f	ܦܵܠܚܵܢ‎ (pālḥān)	ܦܵܠܚܵܬܝ‎ (pālḥāt)	ܦܵܠܚܵܐ‎ (pālḥā)
imperative	m		ܦܠܘܿܚ‎ (ploḥ)			ܦܠܘܿܚܘܼܢ‎ (ploḥun)
	f		ܦܠܘܿܚܝ‎ (ploḥ)

Derived terms

• ܡܲܦܠܸܚ‎ (mapliḥ, “to use”)