ܡܒܣܡ

Intensitive and causative stems of ܒܵܣܹܡ (bāsēm, “to be/become pleasant, healed”); compare Hebrew בִּשֵּׂם (bisém, “to aromatise”).

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ܡܒܲܣܸܡ • (mbassim)

1. (transitive) to please, to be liked by (takes an indirect object)

   ܩܵܠܵܐ ܩܸܡ ܡܒܲܣܸܡ ܠܹܗ. ― qālā qim mbassim lēh. ― The sound pleased him.

   ܟܹܐ ܡܒܲܣܸܡ ܠܝܼ ܗܵܢܵܐ ܚܲܒܘܼܫܵܐ. ― kē mbassim lī hānā ḥabūšā. ― I like this apple. (literally, “This apple is pleasing to me.”)

   ܠܛܲܝܪܹ̈ܐ ܟܹܐ ܡܒܲܣܸܡ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܸܙܡܵܪܵܐ. ― lṭayrē kē mbassim lhōn lizmārā. ― Birds like to sing. (literally, “To sing is pleasing to birds.”)

   ܐܲܝܠܹܝܢ ܕܘܼܟ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܩܸܡ ܡܒܲܣܡܝܼ ܠܘܼܟ݂؟ ― aylēn dukyāṯā yatīr qim mbasmī lūḵ? ― Which places did you like more? (literally, “Which places were pleasing to you more?”)

2. (transitive) to heal, cure, make whole

   Synonym: ܡܐܲܣܹܐ (mˀassē)

   ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܡܒܲܣܸܡ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ― allāhā mbassim lūḵ ― get well soon (literally, “May God heal you”)

   ܡܒܘܼܣܸܡ ܠܹܗ ܡܪ̈ܝܼܥܹܐ ܘܡܘܼܐܟ݂ܸܠ ܠܹܗ ܡܸܣܟܹܝܢܹ̈ܐ. ― mbūsim lēh mrīˁē w-mūˀḵil lēh miskēnē. ― He healed the sick and fed the poor.

• This verb from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic to English is often translated as to like. This may cause confusion for some English speakers studying Assyrian, since (in most common speech) the subject and object of ܡܒܲܣܸܡ are seemingly reversed from those of to like.

ܡܲܒܣܸܡ • (mabsim)

1. (transitive) to amuse, entertain
2. (intransitive, transitive) to enjoy, enjoy oneself, have fun

   Synonyms: ܗܵܢܹܐ (hānē), ܥܵܕ݂ܹܢ (ˁāḏēn), ܡܚܲܡܸܠ (mḥammil)

   ܡܲܒܣܡܘܼܢ! ܒܲܣܵܐ ܗ݇ܘܹܝܡܘܼܢ ܦܘܼܙܵܢܹ̈ܐ. ― mabsmūn! bassā wēmūn pūzānē. ― Have fun! Stop being frowny!

   ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܦܵܪܚܵܐ ܟܲܕ݂ ܡܲܒܣܘܼܡܹܐ ܝܘܸܬ. ― ˁiddānā kē pārḥā kaḏ mabsūmē ìwet. ― Time flies when you’re having fun.