ܒܩܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܒ ܩ ܩ (b q q)
1 term

Compare Akkadian 𒁀𒀝𒄣 (/⁠baqqu⁠/, “gnat, numerous insects, swarm”) and Arabic بَقّ (baqq).

Noun

ܒܵܩܵܐ • (bāqā) m (plural ܒܵܩܹ̈ܐ (bāqē) or ܒܵܩ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bāqāṯā))

  1. gnat
  2. (collective) gnats
    ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܣܲܓܝܼ ܒܵܩܵܐ ܐܵܟ݂ܵܐ ― īṯ sagī bāqā āḵā ― There’s a lot of gnats here.

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܒ-ܩ-ܩ (b-q-q) related to being worm-eaten or rotten. Compare Akkadian 𒁀𒀝𒄣 (/⁠baqqu⁠/, “gnat, numerous insects, swarm”) and Arabic بَقّ (baqq).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܒܩܐ • (bāqā) m (plural ܒܩܐ (bāqē))

  1. gnat, mosquito
Inflection
    inflection of ܒܩܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܒܩ ܒܩܝܢ
construct ܒܩ ܒܩܝ
emphatic ܒܩܐ ܒܩܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܒܩܝ ܒܩܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܒܩܟ ܒܩܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܒܩܟܝ ܒܩܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܒܩܗ ܒܩܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܒܩܗ ܒܩܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܒܩܢ ܒܩܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܒܩܟܘܢ ܒܩܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܒܩܟܝܢ ܒܩܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܒܩܗܘܢ ܒܩܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܒܩܗܝܢ ܒܩܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܒ-ܩ-ܝ (b-q-y).

Pronunciation

Verb

ܒܩܐ • (bqā)

  1. to examine, to consider, to investigate

References

  • “bq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “bqy”, 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, page 36a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 52b
  • 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, page 176b

Turoyo

Etymology

From Aramaic בקא (bāqā).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܒܳܩܳܐ • (boqo) m

  1. mosquito
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