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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from ܒ- (bə-, “in, by”) + ܒܥܘ (bāʿū, “a petition”), absolute form of ܒܥܘܬܐ (bāʿūṯā).
Pronunciation
Interjection
ܒܒܵܥܘܼ • (bbāˁū)
- please said in expressing a request
See also
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From ܒ- (bə-, “in, by”) + ܒܥܘ (bāʿū, “a petition”), absolute form of ܒܥܘܬܐ (bāʿūṯāʾ).
Pronunciation
Adverb
ܒܒܥܘ • (bə-ḇāʿū)
- please, pray
See also
References
- “bbˁw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2014-10-01
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 34a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 34b
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 169a