ܒܝܬ ܐܪܟܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, equivalent to ܒܹܝܬ (bēt, “house of”) + ܐܲܪ̈ܟܹܐ (arkē, “archives”).

ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܹܐ • (bēt arkē) m sg (plural ܒܵܬܲܝ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܹܐ (bāttay arkē))

library (institution that holds books and/or other forms of media)
Synonym: ܒܹܝܬ ܟܬܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (bēt ktāḇē)
archives (place for storing earlier and often historical material)

Inflection of **ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܹܐ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
	state	form	person	m	f	plural
singular	absolute	–	1^st person	ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܝܼ (bēt arkī)		ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܲܢ (bēt arkan)
	construct	–	2^nd person	ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܘܼܟ݂ (bēt arkūḵ)	ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܵܟ݂ܝ (bēt arkāḵ)	ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bēt arkāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܹܐ (bēt arkē)	3^rd person	ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܹܗ (bēt arkēh)	ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܘܿܗ̇ (bēt arkōh)	ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܗܘܿܢ (bēt arkhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1^st person	ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܝܼ (bāttay arkī)		ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܲܢ (bāttay arkan)
	construct	–	2^nd person	ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܘܼܟ݂ (bāttay arkūḵ)	ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܵܟ݂ܝ (bāttay arkāḵ)	ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bāttay arkāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܹܐ (bāttay arkē)	3^rd person	ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܹܗ (bāttay arkēh)	ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܘܿܗ̇ (bāttay arkōh)	ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܗܘܿܢ (bāttay arkhōn)

From ܒܝܬ (bêṯ, “house of”) + ܐܪܟܐ (ʾarkē(ʾ), “archives”).

ܒܝܬ ܐܪܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܬܝ ܐܪܟܐ)

“byt**ˀrkˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 19b
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 43b
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. 145b