ܦܠܚ

From Aramaic פְּלַח (pəlaḥ, “to work; to serve; to till”); also borrowed in Arabic فَلَحَ (falaḥa, “to cultivate”) and Hebrew פָּלַח (palákh, “to plow”)

• (Standard) IPA^(key):

ܦܵܠܹܚ • (pālēḥ)

1. to work, labour

   ܓܵܘ ܕܗ̇ܘ ܐܲܬܪܵܐ، ܟܹܐ ܦܵܠܚܲܚ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܲܥܬܵܐ 9 ܗܲܠ 5.

   gāw d-awa atrā, kē pālḥaḥ min šaˁtā 9 hal 5.

   In this country, we work from 9 to 5.

2. to work, operate, function

   Synonym: ܒܵܪܹܐ (bārē)

   ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܵܐ ܠܹܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܦܠܵܚܵܐ.

   The television is not working.

   ܐܸܢ ܥܵܒ݂ܕܹܬ ܠܹܗ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ، ܟܠ ܡܸܢܕܝܼ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܠܹܚ ܩܵܬܲܢ.

   in ˁāḇdēt lēh yatīr ṭāḇā, kul mindī bit pālēḥ qātan.

   If you do it better, everything will work for us.

3. to play as a device (to produce previously recorded sound or moving images)

   ܙܘܼܠܩܵܠܵܐ ܚܲܕܬܵܐ ܦܠܵܚܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܪܵܡܩܵܠܵܐ.

   zulqālā ḥadtā plāḥā ìlēh b-rāmqālā.

   A new audiotape is playing on the speaker.

4. (with ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ (kōmā, “black”)) to work illegally, cheat work

• ܡܲܦܠܸܚ (mapliḥ, “to use”)