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karep ܩܵܪܸܦ

karep is the Assyrian verb for to beat, to dash — everyday spoken Assyrian (Sureth) of Urmi, a modern Aramaic language.

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Meaning

  1. to beat, to dash

Forms

Verbal nounkrapta

Conjugation of karep

Present — he does

hekarep
shekarpa
theykarpi
you (m)karpet
you (f)karpat
you (pl)karpitun
I (m)karpen / karpem
I (f)karpan / karpam
wekarpakh

Past — he did

hekreple
shekrepla
theykreplun / kreple / kreplu
you (m)kreplukh
you (f)kreplakh
you (pl)kreplokhun
Ikrepli
wekreplan

Progressive — he is doing

hebekrapele
shebekrapela
theybekrapena
you (m)bekrapevet
you (f)bekrapevat
you (pl)bekrapetun
I (m)bekrapeven / bekrapevem
I (f)bekrapevan / bekrapevam
webekrapevakh

Imperative — do!

to one personkrup
to severalkrupun

Examples

kreple b-arra
ܩܪܸܦܠܸܐ ܒ ܵܪܪܵܐ
He dashed it to the ground
kreple b-rishu
ܩܪܸܦܠܸܐ ܒ ܪܝܼܫܘ̣
He beat his head (as a sign of grief)

Source: Khan 2016, vol. 3, p. 179.

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