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sakhe ܣܵܚܸܐ

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

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Meaning

  1. to swim, toba the
  2. to float.
  3. to be washed or purified

Forms

Verbal nounskheta

Conjugation of sakhe

Present — he does

hesakhe
shesakhya
theysakhi
you (m)sakhet
you (f)sakhyat
you (pl)sakhitun
I (m)sakhen / sakhem
I (f)sakhyan / sakhyam
wesakhakh

Past — he did

heskhile
sheskhila
theyskhilun / skhile / skhilu
you (m)skhilukh
you (f)skhilakh
you (pl)skhilokhun
Iskhili
weskhilan

Progressive — he is doing

hebeskhayele
shebeskhayela
theybeskhayena
you (m)beskhayevet
you (f)beskhayevat
you (pl)beskhayetun
I (m)beskhayeven / beskhayevem
I (f)beskhayevan / beskhayevam
webeskhayevakh

Imperative — do!

to one personskhi
to severalskhimun

Examples

gu-miyya beskhayele
ܓܘ̣ ܡܝܼܝܝܵܐ ܒܸܣܚܵܝܸܠܸܐ
He is swimming in the water

Source: Khan 2016, vol. 3, p. 276.

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