ܡܫܘܘܚܪܐ

Passive participle of ܡܫܲܘܚܸܪ (mšawḥir, “to be late, to delay”); cognate to Hebrew מְאֻחָר (m'ukhár) and Arabic مُتَأَخِّر (mutaʔaḵḵir).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [məʃuw.xrɑː]

ܡܫܘܼܘܚܪܵܐ • (mšūwḥrā) (feminine ܡܫܘܼܘܚܲܪܬܵܐ (mšūwḥartā), plural ܡܫܘܼܘܚܪܹ̈ܐ (mšūwḥrē))

1. late

   ܘܵܠܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܵܛܹܝܬ ܡܫܘܼܘܚܪܵܐ ܠܣܸܕܪܵܐ.

   wālē lōḵ d-lā māṭēt mšūwḥrā l-sidrā.

   You must not be late to class.

2. lagging behind, delayed

   ܩܛܵܪܵܐ ܡܫܘܼܘܚܪܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܠܩܘܼܪܒܵܐ ܕܬܠܵܬ݂ܝܼܢ ܕܲܩܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ.

   qṭārā mšūwḥrā ìlēh min l-qurbā dtlāṯīn daqīqē.

   The train is delayed by approximately thirty minutes.

3. behind (in payments), in default

   ܫܲܪܝܼܟܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܬܘܼܩܦܵܐ ܡܘܼܫܠܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܐܲܓ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ ܡܫܘܼܘܚܪܹ̈ܐ ܒܡܸܬ݂ܚܵܐ ܕܟܘܼܪܗܵܢܵܐ ܨܵܦܘܿܚܵܐ.

   šarīkūtā d-tuqpā mušlē lāh aḡrē mšūwḥrē b-miṯḥā dkurhānā ṣāpōḥā.

   The power company suspended late fees during the pandemic.

• ܠܩܝܼܫܵܝܵܐ (lqīšāyā), ܡܥܘܼܘܟ݂ܵܐ (mˁūwḵā)

• ܒܟ݂ܝܼܪܵܝܵܐ (bḵīrāyā), ܫܵܪܘܵܝܵܐ (šārwāyā)

• ܡܫܵܘܚܪܵܐܝܼܬ (mšāwḥrāˀīt, “late”)