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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Uncertain:
Cognate with بَارَكَ (bāraka), Hebrew בָּרַךְ (barákh), בֵּרַךְ (berákh), and Amharic ባረከ (baräkä).
Pronunciation
Verb
ܒܵܪܹܟ • (bārēk)
- to kneel
ܡܵܨܹܝܬܘܿܢ ܝܵܬ݂ܒ݂ܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܝܲܢ ܒܵܪܟܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܥܲܠ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ.- māṣētōn yāṯḇītōn yan bārkītōn ˁal arˁā.
- You can sit or kneel on the ground.
- Psalms 95:6:
ܬܹܝܡܘܼܢ ܣܵܓ݂ܕܲܚ ܘܟܵܝܦܲܚ؛ ܒܵܪܟܲܚ ܩܲܕ݇ܡ ܡܵܪܝܵܐ ܒܵܪܝܵܢܲܢ.- tēmūn sāḡdaḥ w-kāypaḥ; bārkaḥ qam māryā bāryānan.
- Come let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
- to lie down as an animal
Conjugation
References
- “ܒܵܪܸܟ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2021 July 3 (last accessed)
- “ܒܵܪܸܟ݂”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2021 January 1 (last accessed)
- Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܵܪܸܟ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 39b
- Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܵܪܸܟ݂”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 154b
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From the root ܒ ܪ ܟ related to kneeling, from Proto-Semitic; cognate with Arabic بَرَكَ (baraka), بَارَكَ (bāraka), Hebrew בָּרַךְ (bāraḵ), בֵּרַךְ (bēraḵ), בֵּרֵךְ (bērēḵ), Amharic ባረከ (baräkä).
Pronunciation
Verb
ܒܪܟ • (bəraḵ, bəreḵ) (imperfect ܢܒܪܟ (neḇraḵ) or ܢܒܪܘܟ (neḇroḵ)) (peal construction)
- to bend, bend down, crouch
- to kneel, genuflect
- to bend the knee, bow
- to bless, hallow
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
ܒܪܟ • (bərāḵ)
- absolute singular of ܒܪܟܐ
- construct state singular of ܒܪܟܐ
References
- “brk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-03
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 38a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 55b–56a
- 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, →ISBN, pages 189b–190a