ܐܟܡ

Denominal verb from the color ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ (kōmā, “black”), from Aramaic אוּכָּמָא (ʾukkāmā); compare Hebrew אָכַם (akhám, “to be sun-burnt, black, dark-colored”)

• ܟܵܐܸܡ (kāˀim)

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːkemː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːt͡ʃɪmː]

ܐܵܟܹܡ • (ākēm) (present participle ܐ݇ܟܵܡܵܐ (kāmā), past participle ܐ݇ܟܝܼܡܵܐ (kīmā))

1. (intransitive) to blacken; to be/become black

   Synonym: ܫܵܚܹܪ (šāḥēr)

• ܡܲܟܸܡ (makkim)

From the older form ܐܵܛܹܡ (āṭēm), from Aramaic אֲטַם (ʾăṭam), with the /ṭ/ shifting to /č̣/ as observed in many words; compare Hebrew אָטַם (atám, “to seal”), Classical Syriac ܐܛܡ (“to close, shut”).

• ܟ̰ܵܐܸܡ (čāˀim)

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːt͡ʃˤeːm]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːt͡ʃˤɪm]

ܐܵܟ̰ܹܡ • (āčēm) (present participle ܐ݇ܟ̰ܵܡܵܐ (čāmā), past participle ܐ݇ܟ̰ܝܼܡܵܐ (čīmā))

1. (transitive, intransitive) to close, shut (also of the eyes)

   Synonyms: ܕܵܒ݂ܹܪ (dāḇēr), ܣܵܟ݂ܹܪ (sāḵēr), ܙܵܓ݂ܹܪ (zāḡēr)

   Antonym: ܦܵܬ݂ܹܚ (pāṯēḥ)

   ܬܲܪܥܵܐ ܘܟܵܘܬܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܦܵܬ݂ܚܝܼ ܘܐܵܟ̰ܡܝܼ ܥܲܠ ܥܸܩܒܗ̈ܘܿܢ. ― tarˁā w-kāwtā kē pāṯḥī w-āčmī ˁal ˁiqbhōn. ― A door and a window open and close on their hinges.

2. (offensive) to shut up, stop talking, be quiet

   Synonym: ܫܵܬ݂ܹܩ (šāṯēq)

3. (figurative) to be/become obstinate

   ܐ݇ܟ̰ܝܼܡ ܠܵܗ̇ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ. ― čīm lāh nafšēh. ― He was stubborn and unable to learn anything (literally, “His soul closed up.”)