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khashken ܚܵܫܟܸܢ

khashken is the Assyrian verb for to become dark — everyday spoken Assyrian (Sureth) of Urmi, a modern Aramaic language.

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Meaning

  1. to become dark; to become dim; to make dark

Forms

Verbal nounkhashkanta

Conjugation of khashken

Present — he does

hekhashcen
shekhashcenna
theykhashcenni
you (m)khashcennet
you (f)khashcennat
you (pl)khashcennitun
I (m)khashcennen / khashcennem
I (f)khashcennan / khashcennam
wekhashcennakh

Past — he did

hekhushcenle
shekhushcenla
theykhushcenlun / khushcenle / khushcenlu
you (m)khushcenlukh
you (f)khushcenlakh
you (pl)khushcenlokhun
Ikhushcenli
wekhushcenlan

Progressive — he is doing

hekhashcunele
shekhashcunela
theykhashcunena
you (m)khashcunevet
you (f)khashcunevat
you (pl)khashcunetun
I (m)khashcuneven / khashcunevem
I (f)khashcunevan / khashcunevam
wekhashcunevakh

Imperative — do!

to one personkhashcen
to severalkhashcennun

Examples

lele khushkenne
ܠܹܠܸܐ ܚܘ̣ܫܟܸܢܢܸܐ
The night became dark
yuma khashchunele
ܝܘ̣ܡܵܐ ܚܵܫܟ̃ܘ̣ܢܸܠܸܐ
The day is getting dark

Source: Khan 2016, vol. 3, p. 325.

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