ܡܬܪܓܡ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܬ ܪ ܓ ܡ (t r g m)
4 terms

Compare Arabic تَرْجَمَ (tarjama) and Hebrew תִּרְגֵּם (tirgém).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mətar.ɡɪm.]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [tar.d͡ʒɪm.]

Verb

ܡܬܲܪܓܸܡ • (mtargim) (present participle ܡܬܲܪܓܘܼܡܹܐ (mtargūmē), past participle ܡܬܘܼܪܓܡܵܐ (mturgmā))

  1. to translate (express the sense of words or text in another language)
    ܫܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܝܼ ܟܹܐ ܡܬܲܪܓܸܡ ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣ ܠܣܘܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ݂.
    šḇāḇī kē mtargim kṯāḇē min inglīs l-sūrāˀīṯ.
    My neighbour translates books from English to Assyrian.
  2. to interpret (express orally or in sign language the words of a person speaking a different language in real-time)
    ܗܵܢܵܐ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܚܲܪܫܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ، ܐܸܢ ܒܵܣܡܵܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܟܹܐ ܡܵܨܹܝܬ ܡܬܲܪܓܡܸܬ ܩܵܬܲܢ؟
    hānā gaḇrā ḥaršā ìlēh, in bāsmā lūḵ kē māṣēt mtargmit qātan?
    This man is mute, can you please interpret for us?

Conjugation

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