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saket ܣܵܟܸܬ

saket is the Assyrian word for quiet, calm — everyday spoken Assyrian (Sureth) of Urmi, a modern Aramaic language.

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Meaning

  1. quiet, calm
  2. to crouch, to squat, to sit on one’s haunches.
  3. metaphor. to become dysfunctional, to die

Forms

Verbal nounskatta

Examples

aved i saket
ܐܵܘܸܕ ܐܝܼ ܣܵܟܸܬ
to pacify, to calm (tr.)
ave i saket
ܐܵܘܸܐ ܐܝܼ ܣܵܟܸܬ
to calm down, to become quiet

Source: Khan 2016, vol. 3, p. 281.

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