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khavesh ܚܵܘܸܫ

khavesh is the Assyrian verb for to confine, to enclose — everyday spoken Assyrian (Sureth) of Urmi, a modern Aramaic language.

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Meaning

  1. to confine, to enclose, to shut in, to shut up.
  2. +sìta

Forms

Verbal nounkhvashta

Conjugation of khavesh

Present — he does

hekhavesh
shekhosha
theykhoshi
you (m)khoshet
you (f)khoshat
you (pl)khoshitun
I (m)khoshen / khoshem
I (f)khoshan / khosham
wekhoshakh

Past — he did

hekhveshle
shekhveshla
theykhveshlun / khveshle / khveshlu
you (m)khveshlukh
you (f)khveshlakh
you (pl)khveshlokhun
Ikhveshli
wekhveshlan

Progressive — he is doing

hebekhvashele
shebekhvashela
theybekhvashena
you (m)bekhvashevet
you (f)bekhvashevat
you (pl)bekhvashetun
I (m)bekhvasheven / bekhvashevem
I (f)bekhvashevan / bekhvashevam
webekhvashevakh

Imperative — do!

to one personkhvush
to severalkhvushun

Examples

shutteslun kha sita khveshta men-kma ganate
ܫܘ̣ܬܬܸܣܠܘ̣ܢ ܚܵ ܣܝܼܬܵܐ ܚܘܸܫܬܵܐ ܡܸܢ ܟܡܵ ܓܵܢܵܬܸܐ
They established a committee, composed of several people

Source: Khan 2016, vol. 3, p. 326.

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