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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Likely from *ܒܥܹܐ ܕ (*bˁē d, “he (it) is wished that”). Compare Turoyo ܓ݄ܕ.
Pronunciation
Particle
ܒܸܬ • (bit)
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense
- ܐܵܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܐܵܙܹܠ݇ܢ ܠܡܲܕܪܵܫܬܵܐ ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ. ― ānā bit āzēn lmadrāštā qudmē. ― I will go to school tomorrow.
- (auxiliary, used with past participle and verb inflected ܗܵܘܹܐ (hāwē)) Used to express the future anterior
- ܐܵܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܝܢ ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕܵܐ ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ. ― ānā bit hāwēn ˁḇīdā qudmē. ― I will have finished it tomorrow.
- (auxiliary, used with past participle and ܗ݇ܘܵܐ (wā)) Used to express the conditional tense.
- ܐܵܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܩܵܝܡܹܢ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܡܵܬܵܐ ܐܸܢ ܠܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܐܵܟ݂ܵܐ. ― ānā bit qāymēn wā min mātā in lā ìwet wā āḵā. ― I would leave the village if you were not here.
- (auxiliary, used with past participle and conditional of the verb inflected ܗܵܘܹܐ (hawe)) Used to express the past conditional tense.
- ܐܸܢ ܐܵܢܵܐ ܠܲܝܬ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܠܝܼ ܩܵܛܹ̈ܐ، ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܝܼ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܐ݇ܟ݂ܝܼ̈ܠܝܼ ܥܵܩܘܼܒܪܹ̈ܐ. ― in ānā layt wā lī qāṭē, bit hāwī wā ḵīlī ˁāqubrē. ― If I had not had cats, the rats would have eaten me.
Usage notes
- Some dialects distinguish between this word as “will” and ܙܝܼ (zī) as “going to”.
- In Urmia: Sometimes ܒ is an invariable particle. Rarely used in Tyari and Ashiret where, before 'ܐ' or 'ܕ' alone is used
- In Tyari: ܕܐܵܙܹܠ (d-āzēl, “he will go”)
- In Tyari, Zakho: ܓܸܕ (gid)
- In Azerbaijan, Iran: ܓܒܹܐ (gbē)