ܒܝܬܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܒ ܘ ܬ (b w t)
1 term
ܒܝܬܐ

From Aramaic בַּיְתָּא (baytā), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-; compare Arabic بَيْت (bayt), Hebrew בַּיִת (báyit) and Akkadian 𒂍 (bītum).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (baytām sg (plural ܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ (bāttē) or ܒܵܬ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bātwāṯā) or ܒܲܝ̈ܬܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (baytawwāṯā) or ܒܲܝܬ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (baytwāṯā) or ܒܵܬܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bātānē) or ܒܲܝ̈ܬܵܢܹܐ (baytānē))

  1. house, home
  2. household
  3. (in the construct state, in compounds) room, chamber, cell, place, location, area
  4. (astronomy) house, mansion, station
  5. (in compounds) companions, followers, servants; sect
  6. (in compounds with a gentilic name) land, country; people, nation, race, tribe, class
  7. (in the construct state) family

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܲܝܬܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute 1st person ܒܲܝܬܝܼ (baytī) ܒܲܝܬܲܢ (baytan)
construct ܒܹܝܬ݂ (bēṯ) 2nd person ܒܲܝܬܘܼܟ݂ (baytūḵ) ܒܲܝܬܵܟ݂ܝ (baytāḵ) ܒܲܝܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (baytāwḵōn)
emphatic ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (baytā) 3rd person ܒܲܝܬܹܗ (baytēh) ܒܲܝܬܵܗ̇ (baytāh) ܒܲܝܬܗܘܿܢ (baythōn)
plural absolute 1st person ܒܵܬܝܼ̈ (bāttī) ܒܵܬܲܢ̈ (bāttān)
construct ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ (bāttay) 2nd person ܒܵܬܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (bāttōḵ) ܒܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (bāttāḵ) ܒܵܬܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bāttāwḵōn)
emphatic ܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ (bāttē) 3rd person ܒܵܬܘܼ̈ܗܝ (bāttūh) ܒܵܬ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (bāttōh) ܒܵܬܗ̈ܘܿܢ (bātthōn)

Derived terms

Verb

ܒܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (byāṯā)

  1. present participle of ܒܵܐܹܬ݂ (bāˀēṯ)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܒܝܬܐ (baytām (plural ܒܬܐ (bāttē))

  1. house, home
  2. temple, church
  3. room, chamber, cell
  4. stable
  5. hive
  6. vessel, receptacle, urn, case
  7. verse, stanza, introit, strophe, hymn
  8. (medicine) seat, base (of a humor/humour)
  9. (astronomy) house, mansion, station
  10. (in compounds) companions, followers, servants; sect
  11. (in compounds with a gentilic name) land, country; people, nation, race, tribe, class
  12. (in compounds marking familial descendance) family

Inflection

Irregular singular absolute form in ܒܝ (bay) as well as an irregular plural form.

Inflection of ܒܝܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܒܝ 1st person ܒܝܬܝ ܒܝܬܢ
construct ܒܝܬ 2nd person ܒܝܬܟ ܒܝܬܟܝ ܒܝܬܟܘܢ ܒܝܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܒܝܬܐ 3rd person ܒܝܬܗ ܒܝܬܗ ܒܝܬܗܘܢ ܒܝܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܒܬܝܢ 1st person ܒܬܝ ܒܬܝܢ
construct ܒܬܝ 2nd person ܒܬܝܟ ܒܬܝܟܝ ܒܬܝܟܘܢ ܒܬܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܒܬܐ 3rd person ܒܬܘܗܝ ܒܬܝܗ ܒܬܝܗܘܢ ܒܬܝܗܝܢ

References

  • by”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-26
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 29a-b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 43a-b
  • 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, pages 144b-145a