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ڞٞيُّر
ṣ̌éyyor (yéṣ̌yer/ľiṣ̌yór or ľiṣ̌yέr)
basic morphological information
v. (Ia)
to be few, little
быть малочисленным
قَلَّ
CSOL I 662; CSOL II 595; Naumkin et al. 2013a:81; Naumkin et al. 2016a:53; Naumkin et al. 2019b:86; CSOL III 221
быть малочисленным
قَلَّ
text examples
a. ḥérek ḷeˁóḷ díˀʸho mudír kor yóuḳaf ˁánhi wa-ˀaḷ šénfaˁ ˁᵃṭaf ṭafk ˁeʸh ḷúḳmaʰ di-ṣ̌eyέroʰ ‘I tried to flatter my boss so that he stops shouting at me, but I failed, so finally I gave him a small present’ (Naumkin et al. 2019b:86)
b. díˀʸho ˁaľamát ṣ̌éyyor ‘My marks (at school) are low’ (Bulakh 2024:170)
root
derivates
- éṣ̌yer to reduce, to diminish