ghairi

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَيَّرَ (ḡayyara).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ghairi (infinitive kughairi)

  1. to cancel or annul
  2. to back down or change one's position

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ghairi
Positive present -naghairi
Subjunctive -ghairi
Negative -ghairi
Imperative singular ghairi
Infinitives
Positive kughairi
Negative kutoghairi
Imperatives
Singular ghairi
Plural ghairini
Tensed forms
Habitual hughairi
Positive past positive subject concord + -lighairi
Negative past negative subject concord + -kughairi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naghairi)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaghairi/naghairi tunaghairi
2nd person unaghairi mnaghairi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaghairi wanaghairi
other classes positive subject concord + -naghairi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ghairi)
Singular Plural
1st person sighairi hatughairi
2nd person hughairi hamghairi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haghairi hawaghairi
other classes negative subject concord + -ghairi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taghairi
Negative future negative subject concord + -taghairi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ghairi)
Singular Plural
1st person nighairi tughairi
2nd person ughairi mghairi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aghairi waghairi
other classes positive subject concord + -ghairi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sighairi
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeghairi
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeghairi
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalighairi
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalighairi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aghairi)
Singular Plural
1st person naghairi twaghairi
2nd person waghairi mwaghairi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aghairi waghairi
m-mi(III/IV) waghairi yaghairi
ji-ma(V/VI) laghairi yaghairi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaghairi vyaghairi
n(IX/X) yaghairi zaghairi
u(XI) waghairi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaghairi
pa(XVI) paghairi
mu(XVIII) mwaghairi
Perfect positive subject concord + -meghairi
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaghairi
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaghairi
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kighairi
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoghairi
Consecutive kaghairi / positive subject concord + -kaghairi
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaghairi
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nighairi -tughairi
2nd person -kughairi -waghairi/-kughairini/-waghairini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mghairi -waghairi
m-mi(III/IV) -ughairi -ighairi
ji-ma(V/VI) -lighairi -yaghairi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kighairi -vighairi
n(IX/X) -ighairi -zighairi
u(XI) -ughairi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kughairi
pa(XVI) -paghairi
mu(XVIII) -mughairi
Reflexive -jighairi
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ghairi- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -ghairiye -ghairio
m-mi(III/IV) -ghairio -ghairiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -ghairilo -ghairiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ghairicho -ghairivyo
n(IX/X) -ghairiyo -ghairizo
u(XI) -ghairio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -ghairiko
pa(XVI) -ghairipo
mu(XVIII) -ghairimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ghairi)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeghairi -oghairi
m-mi(III/IV) -oghairi -yoghairi
ji-ma(V/VI) -loghairi -yoghairi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choghairi -vyoghairi
n(IX/X) -yoghairi -zoghairi
u(XI) -oghairi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koghairi
pa(XVI) -poghairi
mu(XVIII) -moghairi
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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