ܒܝܬ ܐܣܝܪܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܒܝܬ ܐܣܝܪ̈ܐ

Etymology

Literally, “House of prisoners”.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ • (bēṯ asīrē) m sg (plural ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (bāttay asīrē))

  1. prison, jail
    Synonym: ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܚܒ݂ܘܼܫܝܵܐ (bēṯ ḥḇušyā)
    ܡܣܲܪܚܵܢܵܐ ܦܝܼܫܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܚܒ݂ܝܼܫܵܐ ܓܲܘ ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܥܲܠ ܩܸܛܠܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܓܲܘ ܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ.
    msarḥānā pīšā ìwā ḥḇīšā gaw bēṯ asīrē ˁal qiṭlā d-ˁḇīḏā ìwā gaw mḏītā qām ḥḏā šētā.
    The criminal had been locked up in prison for a murder committed in the city a year ago.

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܒܝܬ (bêṯ, “house of”) +‎ ܐܣܝܪܐ (ʾassīrē, “prisoners”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܒܝܬ ܐܣܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܝܬ ܐܣܝܪܐ or ܒܬܝ ܐܣܝܪܐ)

  1. prison

References

  • “byt**ˀsyrˀ”, 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 16a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 43b
  • 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, page 145b
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