ܢܛܰܪ fut. ܢܶܛܰܪ rare ܢܶܛܽܘܪ, Ia to guard, watch, keep, preserve, retain; Ip to be guarded; to be observed; to be retained; to abstain from; ܢܳܛܰܪ ܟܽܘܪܣܺܝ, ܢܳܛܰܪ ܟܽܘܪܣܝܳܐ ‘keeper of the see’ (Patriarchal-candidate from birth in the hereditary system of the Church of the East); Kth. ܢܳܛܰܪ ܐ̱ܪܳܙܳܐ secretary; IIa to keep safe, to take care of; IIIa to put in a safe place, to preserve, to entrust.