xeeri
Afar
Etymology 1
Cognates include Somali dheer and Saho dheerhá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɖeːˈri/ [ɖeːˈɾɪ]
- Hyphenation: xee‧ri
Verb
xeerí (inchoative exxeeré)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of xeeri (type III verb) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st singular | 2nd singular | 3rd singular | 1st plural | 2nd plural | 3rd plural | ||||
| m | f | ||||||||
| present indicative I | V-affirmative | xeeriyóh | xeeritóh | xeeríh | xeeríh | xeerinóh | xeeritoonúh | xeeroonúh | |
| N-affirmative | xeeriyó | xeeritó | xeerí | xeerí | xeerinó | xeeritón | xeerón | ||
| negative | máxeeriyo | máxeerito | máxeeri | máxeeri | máxeerino | máxeeriton | máxeeron | ||
| present indicative II | affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én | ||||||||
| past indicative I | xéeruk + perfective of én | ||||||||
| past indicative II | xéeruk + perfective of sugé | ||||||||
| present potential |
affirmative | xeeriyóm takkéh | xeeritóm takkéh | xeerím takkéh | xeerím takkéh | xeerinóm takkéh | xeeritoonúm takkéh | xeeroonúm takkéh | |
| past conditional |
affirmative | xéeruk + past conditional of sugé | |||||||
| -h converb | -k converb | -in(n)uh converb | infinitive | ||||||
| xéerih | xéeruk | xeerínnuh | xeeríyya | ||||||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɖeːˈri/ [ɖeːˈɾɪ]
- Hyphenation: xee‧ri
Noun
xeerí
- inflection of xéeru:
- subjective
- genitive
References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “xeeri”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)