# ܡܚܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

From Aramaic מְחָא (məḥā).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [mɑːxeː]

#### Verb

ܡܵܚܹܐ • (māḥē)
* to strike, beat, hit
    ܡܚܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܪܹܝܫܹܗ ܡܲܟܝܼܟ݂ܵܐܝܼܬ݂ ܒܓܘܼܕܵܐ.mḥē lēh rēšēh makīḵāˀīṯ b-guddā.He hit his head softly against the wall.
    ܠܸܒܝܼ ܒܸܡܚܵܝܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܟܠ ܗܵܕܲܟ݂ ܩܸܘܝܵܐ.libī bimḥāyā ìwā kul hādaḵ qiwyā.My heart was beating so fast.
* to come into contact with, meet, hit (especially but not always in a rough manner) [with ܒ- (b-)]
    Synonym: ܩܵܐܸܬ݂ (qāˀiṯ)
    ܐܝܼܕ݂ܝܼ ܡܸܚܝܵܐ ܠܝܼ ܒܬܲܪܥܵܐ ― īḏī miḥyā lī b-tarˁā ― I hit my hand on the door.
    ܐܝܼܕ݂ܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ ܡܚܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܒܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐīḏāṯan mḥē lhōn bḥḏāḏēOur hands came into contact together.
* to greet with the hands, shake hands
    Synonym: ܫܵܓ݂ܹܫ (šāḡēš)
* to smear, spread
    ܡܚܝܼ ܚܲܕ݇ܟ̰ܵܐ ܡܸܫܚܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܡܵܐܢܵܐ.mḥī ḥačā mišḥā ˁal mānā.Spread some oil on the plate.
    ܡܚܝܼ ܫܝܼܪܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܓܘܼܕܵܐ. ― mḥī šīrā ˁal guddā. ― Apply paint on the wall.
* to pierce, stab with a needle
    ܡܚܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܚܡܵܛܵܐ ܐ݇ܚܹܪ݇ܢܵܐ.mḥē lī ḥmāṭā ḥēnā.I got jabbed with another needle.
* to run a stop sign, traffic light, etc.
    Synonym: ܩܵܛܹܥ (qāṭēˁ)
* used to generally talk about the effects of the weather
    Synonyms: ܙܵܪܹܩ (zārēq, “to shine”), ܢܵܦܹܚ (nāpēḥ, “to blow”), ܥܲܠܥܸܠ (ˁalˁil, “to storm”), ܪܵܥܹܡ (rāˁēm, “to thunder”)
    ܒܸܡܚܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܫܸܡܫܵܐbimḥāyā ìlēh šimšāThe sun is shining.(literally, “The sun is hitting.”)
    ܒܸܡܚܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܦܵܘܚܵܐ.bimḥāyā ìlēh pāwḥā.The wind is blowing.(literally, “The wind is hitting.”)
    ܒܸܡܚܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܥܲܠܥܵܠܵܐ.bimḥāyā ìlēh ˁalˁālā.It is storming.(literally, “The storm is hitting.”)
    ܒܸܡܚܵܝܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܪ̈ܲܥܡܹܐ.bimḥāyā ìnā raˁmē.It is thundering.(literally, “The thunders are hitting.”)
* to infect, devastate, wound of an illness
    Synonym: ܡܛܲܦܹܐ (mṭappē)
    ܩܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܚܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܐܸܠܝܼ.qarṯā mḥīṯā ìlāh ilī.I caught a cold.(literally, “A cold infected me.”)
* to play (music, an instrument)
    Synonym: ܢܵܩܹܫ (nāqēš)
    ܐܲܝܕ݂ܵܐ ܙܸܡܘܿܪܬܵܐ ܡܵܚܲܚ ܒܦܝܵܢܘܿ؟ayḏā zimōrtā māḥaḥ b-pyānō?Which song shall we play on the piano?
* to swipe, scan
* (by extension) to ring a bell
    Synonym: ܙܲܢܓܸܪ (zangir)
* (by extension) to call on the phone
    Synonyms: ܡܲܚܒܸܪ (maḥbir), ܩܵܪܹܐ (qārē), ܙܲܢܓܸܪ (zangir), ܡܙܲܡܙܸܡ (mzamzim)

##### Conjugation

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##### Derived terms

* ܡܵܚܹܐ ܟ̰ܲܦܹ̈ܐ (māḥē čappē, “to clap, applaud”)
* ܡܵܚܹܐ ܒܵܠܹܗ (māḥē bālēh, “to turn one’s heed to”)

### Etymology 2

Causitive stem of the verb ܚܵܝܹܐ (ḥāyē, “to live”); compare Arabic أَحْيَا (ʔaḥyā) and Hebrew הֶחֱיָה (heḥeyá)

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [max.xeː]
* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [maxheː]

#### Verb

ܡܲܚܹܐ • (maḥḥē)
* (transitive) to animate, bring to life; to vivify, give life to, to quicken, vitalize
    ܒܸܢܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܪ̈ܲܒܹܐ ܚܲܕܬܹ̈ܐ ܟܹܐ ܡܲܚܝܼ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܥܵܠܘܿܠܹ̈ܐ.binyānē rabbē ḥadtē kē maḥī lhōn ˁālōlē.The great new buildings gives life to the streets.
    ܡܘܼܚܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܙܲܡܵܪܵܐ ܠܡܸܫܬܘܼܬ݂ܵܐmūḥē lēh zammārā l-mištūṯāThe singer enlived a party.
* (transitive) to keep alive; to let live, preserve
    ܐܵܬ݂ܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܟܹܐ ܡܲܚܝܼ ܠܸܫܵܢܗܘܿܢ ܘܡܲܪܕܘܼܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ.āṯōrāyē kē maḥī liššānhōn w-marduṯhōn.Assyrian keep their language and culture alive.
* (transitive) to raise from the dead, reanimate, resuscitate, revive, resurrect, restore, reinstitute
    ܡܘܼܚܹܐ ܠܲܢ ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܥܝܵܕ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܘܕܘܼܒܵܪܹ̈ܐ.mūḥē lan hālēn ˁyāḏē w-dūbārē.We revived these practices and habits.
* (figurative, transitive, of land) to fertilize
    ܡܘܼܚܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܟܵܪܵܐ ܠܐܲܪܥܵܐ.mūḥē lēh akkārā l-arˁā.The farmer cultivated the land.

##### Conjugation

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##### See also

* ܡܲܡܝܸܬ݂ (mamyiṯ)
* ܡܢܲܚܸܡ (mnaḥḥim)