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nxt verb C
nḥt vb. i/u(a) to descend
imv. ḥōṯ, but Sam.נת !

G
  1 to descend, go down physically Com. --(a) to fall Jud, Syr. (a.1) of naturally falling elements Com. --(b) to dismount Com. --(c) to go in a downwards direction . (c.1) of a traveler Com. to go downriver OfA, OfA-Egypt. 1 to leave the land of Israel JLAtg, Gal, Syr, JBA. 2 in general, to go from one place to another involving a lowering of status Com. (c.2) of a path or direction Syr. (c.3) of a body part or garment Com. (c.4) of any moving object JLAtg. --(d) to move toward a body of water Com. (d.1) +למסחי : to go down to bathe; see s.v. sḥy vb. Gal.
  2 fig. . --(a) of a person . (a.1) to go down in status or value OA, Jud, Syr, LJLA. (a.2) to be quieted Syr. (a.3) to be descended from (mn) Syr. 1 to arise from Syr. 2 to descend a generational level JBA. --(b) of inanimates Com. (b.1) to be diminished in size Syr. (b.2) to reach final form JBA.
  3 to go inward . --(a) to penetrate JBA. --(b) to come back Syr. --(c) to send back(?) Syr.
  4 as a co-verb: to do something while descending or penetrating Com.
  5 idioms . --(a) ܓܘܵܝܸܗ : to have diarrhea Syr. --(b) ܕܲܪܵܐ : to enter battle Syr. --(c) + אדעת: to enter into a contractual agreement with someone JBA. --(d) w. ל: JBA. (d.1) to seize, take posession of JBA. (d.2) to deal with a matter JBA. (d.3) to acquire JBA. (d.4) to specify JBA. --(e) w. סלק: to be concerned with regularly JBA.

D
  1 to lead down, take down Syr. --(a) ܡܸܛܪܵܐ : to make it rain Syr.
  2 to allow to go down Syr.
  3 to disembark JLAtg.

C
  1 to lower . --(a) physically Com. (a.1) to send down, bring down Syr. 1 send downriver OfA. (a.2) to put down, deposit BA-Ez. (a.3) to cause to fall OA-Mesop, Qum, JLAtg, PTA. 1 to shed tears Syr, JBA. (a.4) to pour out OA-Mesop, Syr. (a.5) to put on clothing or other accoutrements JBA. (a.6) to move Jud. --(b) fig. Com. (b.1) to assign to a task, set someone's position JBA. (b.2) to lower in rank, depose Syr, JBA. 1 hofal: to be deposed BA-Da.

Gt
  1 to be settled JBA.
  2 to descend Gal, Sam.

Dt
  1 to be led down Sam, Syr.
  2 to let oneself down, descend Syr.
  3 fig. : to concede Syr.

Ct
  1 to descend Syr.
  2 to be brought down JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA. --(a) to be humiliated Syr. --(b) to demean oneself JLAtg.


hwy verb G
hwy vb. to be, to become
In Jewish texts (BA, Qum, and LJLA in particular), the 3ms. sg. is usually להוה to avoid homography w. the Tetragrammaton. The imperf. is often apocopated to y/nhē in most dialects, especially as a jussive, possibly for similar reasons.

G
  1 to be Com. --(a) (gram.) as a marker of tense Com. (a.1) w. participle to mark progressivity or imperfectivity Com. (a.2) past tense, to mark perfectivity or conditionality Com. --(b) to become Com. (b.1) w. l_ : to change state, to turn into Com, -OA -OfA.
  2 to endure, to exist Com.
  3 to come to pass, to happen Com. --(a) to come into being Syr. --(b) w. suffixed pron. indirect obj. : to happen to Syr.
  4 in idioms: Com. --(a) ܠܘܵܬ ܢܲܦܫܸܗ : to come to one's senses Syr. --(b) ܠܘܵܬ : to stay with someone Syr.

C
  1 to create Syr.

Gt
  1 to become, to be changed Sam.

Ct
  1 to be created Syr.