ܒܥܐ

From Aramaic בְּעָא (bəʿā); cognate with Biblical Hebrew בָּעָה (bāʿāh, “to seek”) and Arabic بَغَى (baḡā).

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ܒܵܥܹܐ • (bāˁē)

1. to want

   ܡܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܬ؟ ― mā kē bāˁēt? ― What do you want? (said to a man)

   ܡܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܝܵܬܝ؟ ― mā kē bāˁyāt? ― What do you want? (said to a woman)

   ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܩܵܪܹܝܢ ܗܵܢܵܐ ܟܬܵܒ݂ܵܐ.

   kē bāˁēn qārēn hānā ktāḇā.

   I want to read this book.

2. to like; to love; to be fond of

   ܐܵܢܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ ― ānā kē bāˁēn lāḵ ― I love you (said by a man to a woman)

   ܐܵܢܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ― ānā kē bāˁēn lōḵ ― I love you (said by a man to a man)

   ܐܵܢܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܝܵܢ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ ― ānā kē bāˁyān lāḵ ― I love you (said by a woman to a woman)

   ܐܵܢܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܝܵܢ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ― ānā kē bāˁyān lōḵ ― I love you (said by a woman to a man)

   Synonym: ܡܲܚܸܒ (maḥḥib)

3. to need

   Synonym: ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ (snīqā)

   ܝܵܥ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܲܝܢ݇ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ ܘܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ.

   yāˁyāṯā kē bāˁay lhōn mayyā w-nuhrā.

   plants need water and light.

   ܗܲܝ ܙܡܵܪܬܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܝܵܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܣܘܼܪܗܵܒ݂ܵܐ.

   hay zmārtā kē bāˁyā lāh yatīr surhāḇā.

   The song needs more speed.

   ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܠܝܼ ܣܲܟܝܼܢܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܓܘܼܒܬ݂ܵܐ.

   kē bāˁēn lī sakīnā qā gubṯā.

   I need a knife for the cheese.

4. to request, to ask for, to plead sometimes with [with ܒ- (b-) ‘by’]

   Synonyms: ܛܵܠܹܒ݂ (ṭālēḇ), ܡܦܲܪܦܸܠ (mparpil)

   ܡܲܠܟܵܐ ܒܥܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܒܡܹܐܟ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ ܡܸܢ ܪܹܓܹܗ.

   malkā bˁē lēh b-mēḵultā min rēgēh.

   The king asked for food from his servant.

• In the sense of “to need”, this verb may cause confusion for some English speakers studying Assyrian, since the subject and object of ܒܵܥܹܐ are seemingly reversed from those of English to want.

• ܡܲܒܥܹܐ (mabˁē, “to cause to want”)