ܡܦܠ

• ܡܲܢܦܸܠ (manpil)

Causitive of ܢܵܦܹܠ (nāpēl, “to fall, collapse”); compare the same in Hebrew הִפִּיל (hipíl).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [map.pɪl.]

ܡܲܦܸܠ • (mappil) (present participle ܡܲܦܘܼܠܹܐ (mapūlē), past participle ܡܘܼܦܠܵܐ (muplā))

1. (transitive) to drop

   ܡܘܼܦܸܠ ܠܝܼ ܡܵܐܢܹ̈ܐ ܠܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܘܬܒ݂ܝܼܪ ܠܗܘܿܢ. ― mūpil lī mānē l-arˁā w-tḇīr lhōn. ― I dropped the plates on the ground and they broke.

   ܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ ܩܸܡ ܕܵܒ݂ܹܩ ܠܹܗ ܘܘܵܠܹܐ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܕܡܲܦܸܠ ܙܲܝܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ. ― šurṭā qim dāḇēq lēh w-wālē wā d-mappil zaynūh. ― The police arrested him and he had to drop his weapons.

2. (transitive) to knock over, make fall, bring down; destroy, defeat, shoot down

   ܡܘܼܦܸܠ ܠܹܗ ܪܸܥܝܵܢܝܼ. ― mūpil lēh riˁyānī. ― He shot down my idea.

   ܚܲܝ̈ܠܵܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܡܵܪ̈ܘܿܕ݂ܹܐ ܢܲܣܘܼܝܹܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܡܲܦܠܝܼ ܪܹܝܫ ܩܘܼܛܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ. ― ḥaylāwāṯē mārōḏē nasūyē ìnā maplī rēš quṭnāyūṯā. ― The rebel forces are trying to bring down the president.

• When someone has accidentally dropped something by losing his or her grip on it, it is more common to use ܢܵܦܹܠ ܡ̣ܢ (nāpēl min, literally “to fall from”) rather than ܡܲܦܸܠ (mappil). In that case, the subject denotes the dropped item, and is usually postponed:

  ܩܲܢܝܵܐ ܢܦܝܼܠ ܠܹܗ ܡܸܢܝܼ. ― qanyā npīl lēh minnī. ― I (accidentally) dropped the pen. (literally, “The pen fell from me.”)