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makhel ܡܵܚܸܠ

makhel is the Assyrian verb for to cause to eat, to feed — everyday spoken Assyrian (Sureth) of Urmi, a modern Aramaic language.

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Meaning

  1. to cause to eat, to feed; to cause to be eaten

Forms

Verbal nounmakhalta

Conjugation of makhel

Present — he does

hemakhel
shemakhla
theymakhli
you (m)makhlet
you (f)makhlat
you (pl)makhlitun
I (m)makhlen / makhlem
I (f)makhlan / makhlam
wemakhlakh

Past — he did

hemukhelle
shemukhella
theymukhellun / mukhelle / mukhellu
you (m)mukhellukh
you (f)mukhellakh
you (pl)mukhellokhun
Imukhelli
wemukhellan

Progressive — he is doing

hemakhulele
shemakhulela
theymakhulena
you (m)makhulevet
you (f)makhulevat
you (pl)makhuletun
I (m)makhuleven / makhulevem
I (f)makhulevan / makhulevam
wemakhulevakh

Imperative — do!

to one personmakhel
to severalmakhlun

Examples

kha raba mukheltela biyyi kat let bedda khina
ܚܵ ܪܵܒܵܐ ܡܘ̣ܚܸܠܬܸܠܵܐ ܒܝܼܝܝܝܼ ܩܵܬ ܠܹܬ ܒܸܕܕܵ ܚܝܼܢܵܐ
She has made me so fed up, that you cannot understand
bet-yavven babukh makhlile biyyukh
ܒܸܬ ܝܵܘܘܸܢ ܒܵܒܘ̣ܚ ܡܵܚܠܝܼܠܸܐ ܒܝܼܝܝܘ̣ܚ
I shall ensure that people cause your father to be eaten by you (curse)

Source: Khan 2016, vol. 3, p. 234.

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