ܕܥܪ

Etymology
This meaning of this verb is a result of a semantic shift from “to rebuke,” “to drive off” to “to return”. Itself being a variant of, it was influenced by it into the meaning of “to return”. The meaning of this verb as “to return” is already recorded in the 9th century from Bar Ali as a colloquialism. The older form of this verb is also borrowed into in Levantine 🇨🇬, with the meaning of “to drive away someone yelling”. Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 which also developed the same meaning of “to return”. Unrelated to root related to circling and going around, as often proposed.

Verb

 * 1)  to return, go back, come back