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bar ܒܵܪ

bar is the Assyrian word for side, shore — everyday spoken Assyrian (Sureth) of Urmi, a modern Aramaic language.

Computer-generated pronunciation.

Meaning

  1. side, shore
  2. after (temporal and spatial); behind; outside of

Examples

kheshli bar-yama raba saatte
ܚܸܫܠܝܼ ܒܵܪ ܝܵܡܵܐ ܪܵܒܵܐ ܣܵܐܵܬܬܸܐ
I went along the shore for many hours
bar-yama mliteva nashe
ܒܵܪ ܝܵܡܵܐ ܡܠܝܼܬܸܘܵܐ ܢܵܫܸܐ
The shore of the sea was full of people
bar-urkha zabuneva yemesh
ܒܵܪ ܐܘ̣ܪܚܵܐ ܙܵܒܘ̣ܢܸܘܵܐ ܝܹܡܸܫ
They were selling fruit on the side of the road
zebla tpikheva bar-urkha
ܙܸܒܠܵܐ ܬܦܝܼܚܸܘܵܐ ܒܵܪ ܐܘ̣ܪܚܵܐ
rubbish was poured out along the side of the road
bar-arpi yumane
ܒܵܪ ܐܵܪܦܝܼ ܝܘ̣ܡܵܢܸܐ
after forty days
bar hada
ܒܵܪ ܗܵܕܵܐ
after that
shadrun bar malla.
ܫܵܕܪܘ̣ܢ ܒܵܪ ܡܵܠܠܵܐ.
Send after the mullah
la-azet bar shupra
ܠܵ ܐܵܙܸܬ ܒܵܪ ܫܘ̣ܦܪܵܐ
Do not go after beauty

Source: Khan 2016, vol. 3, p. 99.

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