ܒܪܐ

From Aramaic . Cognate to Arabic بَرَأَ (baraʔa) and Hebrew בָּרָא (bará). The final sense is from a separate verb Aramaic בְּרָא (bərā, “to be healthy, to be strong, to be substantial”) not found in Classical Syriac; compare Hebrew בָּרִיא (barí, “healthy”).

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ܒܵܪܹܐ • (bārē)

1. (transitive) to create

   Synonym: ܥܵܒ݂ܹܕ݂ (ˁāḇēḏ)

   ܩܲܕ݇ܡܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܲܚܵܪܵܐ ܘܐܲܪܕܹܝܟ݂ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܝܼ ܨܲܠܡܹ̈ܐ. ― qamṯā maḥḥārā w-ardēḵlā kē bārī ṣalmē. ― The engineer and architect create images first.

   ܟܹܐ ܡܵܨܹܝܬ ܒܵܪܹܝܬ ܐ݇ܛܪܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܣܡܘܿܩܵܐ ܘܫܥܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ. ― kē māṣēt bārēt ṭrōḡā min smōqā w-šˁōṯā. ― You can create the color orange from red and yellow.

   • Genesis 1:1:

     ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬ݂ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܠܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܘܠܐܲܪܥܵܐ

     brāšīṯ brē lēh allāhā l-šmayyā w-l-arˁā

     In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

   • Genesis 1:27:

     ܘܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܠܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ ܒܨܲܠܡܹܗ؛ ܒܨܲܠܡܵܐ ܕܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܸܠܹܗ؛ ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܐ ܘܢܸܩܒܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܸܪܝܵܗܝ ܠܹܗ.

     So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

2. (transitive) to work, function

   Synonym: ܦܵܠܹܚ (pālēḥ)

   ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܲܢ ܠܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܸܒܪܵܝܵܐ ― prāsḥizwan lā ìlēh bibrāyā ― Our television isn’t working.

3. (in the masculine form) to be permissible, okay, allowed, alright, morally proper, lawful

   ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܹܐ ܕܫܵܩܠܹܢ ܠܵܗ̇؟ ― kē bārē d-šāqlēn lāh? ― Is it allowed for me to take it?

   ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܹܐ ܕܥܵܒ݂ܪܲܚ ܬܲܡܵܐ ― lā kē bārē d-ˁāḇraḥ tammā ― It’s not allowed for us to enter there.

   ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܹܐ ܕܡܡܲܠܠܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܗܵܕܲܟ݂ ܥܲܡܹܗ ― lā kē bārē dmmallītōn hādaḵ ˁammēh ― It’s not okay for you to speak like this to him.

4. (intransitive) to happen, be, come to exist

   Synonyms: ܗܵܘܹܐ (hāwē), ܡܩܲܘܸܡ (mqawwim)

   ܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܪܵܝܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܕܗ̇ܘ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ؟ ― mā ìlēh brāyā gāw d-awa baytā? ― What is going on in that house?

   ܡܹܐܟ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ― mēḵultā brē lāh ― Food is ready! (literally, “Food became!”)

5. (intransitive) to be born

   Synonyms: ܝܵܠܹܕ݂ (yālēḏ), ܗܵܘܹܐ (hāwē)

   ܒܪܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܓܵܘ ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ. ― brē lī gāw nīnwē. ― I was born in Nineveh.

   ܒܸܪܝܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܠܲܐܟ݂ܵܐ؟ ― biryā ìwet laˀḵā? ― Were you born here?

6. (transitive) to plant, establish

   Synonyms: ܢܵܨܹܒ݂ (nāṣēḇ), ܫܲܬܐܸܣ (šatˀis)

7. (intransitive) to grow healthy or strong size, develop, fatten up (of the body or a person/animal in reference to their body)

   Synonyms: ܓܲܪܘܸܣ (garwis), ܪܵܒ݂ܹܐ (rāḇē)

   ܐ݇ܟ݂ܘܿܠ ܕܒܵܪܹܝܬ ― ḵōl d-bārēt ― Eat so that you may develop.

   ܬܲܥܸܠ ܓܵܘ ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܢܘܼܦܵܩܵܐ ܕܒܵܪܹܐ ܓܘܼܫܡܘܼܟ݂ ― taˁil gāw bēṯ nuppāqā d-bārē gušmūḵ ― Work out at the gym that your body may grow size.

From Aramaic בְּרָא (bərā), from Proto-Semitic *bin-. Compare Turoyo ܐܱܒܪܐ (äbro).

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• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key):

ܒܪܵܐ • (brā) m (plural ܒ̈ܢܲܝܵܐ (bnayyā), feminine ܒܪܵܬܵܐ (brātā))

1. (formal, dialectal) son

• ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ (brōnā)

From Proto-Semitic *bin-.

• IPA^(key):

ܒܪܐ • (brā) m (plural ܒܢܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܒܪܬܐ)

1. son
2. young (of an animal)
3. descendant, scion
4. follower, disciple, partisan
5. member, companion
6. (in the plural) freemen

• ܒܪܘܢܐ

• → Hebrew: בר

From Proto-Semitic *barr-. Cognate with Arabic بَرّ (barr) and Hebrew בַּר (bar).

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ܒܪܐ • (barrā) m (plural ܒܪܐ)

1. field, wild, open country
2. outside, outdoors
3. external part, outer side

• ܓܘܐ

• Hebrew: בר מינן

ܒܪܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܒܪܘܬܐ or ܒܪܬܐ or ܒܪܐ)

1. Alternative spelling of ܒܐܪܐ

• “br”, 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. 36a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 53a
• 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. 177b