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dhii
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Borrowed from Arabic ضَيْع ( ḍayʕ ) .[ 1]
dhii class IX (no plural )
weakness ( state of being weak )
-dhii (infinitive kudhii )
to weaken , to languish , to waste away
Conjugation of -dhii
Positive present
-na dhii
Subjunctive
-dhii
Negative
-dhii
Imperative singular
dhii
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hudhii
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li dhii
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku dhii
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na dhii)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nadhii/na dhii
tu nadhii
2nd person
u nadhii
m nadhii
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nadhii
wa nadhii
other classes
positive subject concord + -na dhii
Negative present (negative subject concord + -dhii )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si dhii
hatu dhii
2nd person
hu dhii
ham dhii
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha dhii
hawa dhii
other classes
negative subject concord + -dhii
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta dhii
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta dhii
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dhii )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni dhii
tu dhii
2nd person
u dhii
m dhii
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a dhii
wa dhii
other classes
positive subject concord + -dhii
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si dhii
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge dhii
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe dhii
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali dhii
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali dhii
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me dhii
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha dhii
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja dhii
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki dhii
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo dhii
Consecutive
kadhii / positive subject concord + -ka dhii
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka dhii
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145 ), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 188 Nr. 1667