zirai

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zirai (infinitive kuzirai)

  1. to faint, pass out, lose consciousness

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zirai
Positive present -nazirai
Subjunctive -zirai
Negative -zirai
Imperative singular zirai
Infinitives
Positive kuzirai
Negative kutozirai
Imperatives
Singular zirai
Plural ziraini
Tensed forms
Habitual huzirai
Positive past positive subject concord + -lizirai
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzirai
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazirai)
Singular Plural
1st person ninazirai/nazirai tunazirai
2nd person unazirai mnazirai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazirai wanazirai
other classes positive subject concord + -nazirai
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zirai)
Singular Plural
1st person sizirai hatuzirai
2nd person huzirai hamzirai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazirai hawazirai
other classes negative subject concord + -zirai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazirai
Negative future negative subject concord + -tazirai
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zirai)
Singular Plural
1st person nizirai tuzirai
2nd person uzirai mzirai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azirai wazirai
other classes positive subject concord + -zirai
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizirai
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezirai
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezirai
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizirai
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizirai
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azirai)
Singular Plural
1st person nazirai twazirai
2nd person wazirai mwazirai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azirai wazirai
m-mi(III/IV) wazirai yazirai
ji-ma(V/VI) lazirai yazirai
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazirai vyazirai
n(IX/X) yazirai zazirai
u(XI) wazirai see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwazirai
pa(XVI) pazirai
mu(XVIII) mwazirai
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezirai
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshazirai
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazirai
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kizirai
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipozirai
Consecutive kazirai / positive subject concord + -kazirai
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazirai
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nizirai -tuzirai
2nd person -kuzirai -wazirai/-kuziraini/-waziraini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzirai -wazirai
m-mi(III/IV) -uzirai -izirai
ji-ma(V/VI) -lizirai -yazirai
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizirai -vizirai
n(IX/X) -izirai -zizirai
u(XI) -uzirai see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuzirai
pa(XVI) -pazirai
mu(XVIII) -muzirai
Reflexive -jizirai
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zirai- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -ziraiye -ziraio
m-mi(III/IV) -ziraio -ziraiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zirailo -ziraiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ziraicho -ziraivyo
n(IX/X) -ziraiyo -ziraizo
u(XI) -ziraio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -ziraiko
pa(XVI) -ziraipo
mu(XVIII) -ziraimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zirai)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yezirai -ozirai
m-mi(III/IV) -ozirai -yozirai
ji-ma(V/VI) -lozirai -yozirai
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozirai -vyozirai
n(IX/X) -yozirai -zozirai
u(XI) -ozirai see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kozirai
pa(XVI) -pozirai
mu(XVIII) -mozirai
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish زراعی (zirâ'î), from Arabic زِرَاعِيّ (zirāʕiyy).

Adjective

zirai

  1. (dated, archaic) agricultural

References

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