xeeri

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Afar

Etymology 1

Cognates include Somali dheer and Saho dheerhá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɖeːˈri/
  • Hyphenation: xee‧ri

Verb

xeerí (inchoative exxeeré)

  1. (stative) be high; long; tall
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/
  • Hyphenation: xee‧ri

Noun

xeerí

  1. inflection of xéeru:
    1. subjective
    2. 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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
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