ܒܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܒ ܘ ܬ (b w t)
1 term

From Aramaic בַּיְתָּא (baytā), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-; compare Arabic بَيْت (bayt), Hebrew בַּיִת (báyit) and Akkadian 𒂍 (bītum).

Pronunciation

ܒܲܝܬܵܐ:
- (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈbajtaː]
- (Ashiret) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
- (Bohtan) IPA^(key): [ˈbaːtaː]
- (Hertevin) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːtaː]
- (Jilu) IPA^(key): [ˈbiːjaː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
- (Sanandaj) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːsaː]
- (Tkhuma) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
- (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːtaː]
- (Walto) IPA^(key): [ˈbaːʃaː]
ܒܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ:
- (Standard) IPA^(key): [bəjɑːθɑː]

Noun

ܒܲܝܬܵܐ • (baytā) m sg (plural ܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ (bāttē) or ܒܵܬ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bātwāṯā) or ܒܲܝ̈ܬܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (baytawwāṯā) or ܒܲܝܬ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (baytwāṯā) or ܒܵܬܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bātānē) or ܒܲܝ̈ܬܵܢܹܐ (baytānē))

house, home
household
(in the construct state, in compounds) room, chamber, cell, place, location, area
(astronomy) house, mansion, station
(in compounds) companions, followers, servants; sect
(in compounds with a gentilic name) land, country; people, nation, race, tribe, class
(in the construct state) family

Inflection

Inflection of **ܒܲܝܬܵܐ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
	state	form	person	m	f	plural
singular	absolute	ܒܹܝܬ݂ (bēṯ)	1^st person	ܒܲܝܬܝܼ (baytī)		ܒܲܝܬܲܢ (baytan)
	construct	ܒܹܝܬ݂ (bēṯ)	2^nd person	ܒܲܝܬܘܼܟ݂ (baytōḵ)	ܒܲܝܬܵܟ݂ܝ (baytāḵ)	ܒܲܝܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (baytawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (baytā)	3^rd person	ܒܲܝܬܹܗ (baytēh)	ܒܲܝܬܵܗ̇ (baytāh)	ܒܲܝܬܗܘܿܢ (baythōn)
plural	absolute	ܒܵܬܝܼ̈ܢ (bātīn)	1^st person	ܒܵܬܝܼ̈ (bāttī)		ܒܵܬܲܢ̈ (bāttān)
	construct	ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ (bāttay)	2^nd person	ܒܵܬܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (bātōḵ)	ܒܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (bāttāḵ)	ܒܵܬܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bātawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ (bāttē)	3^rd person	ܒܵܬܘܼ̈ܗܝ (bāttūh)	ܒܵܬܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (bāttōh)	ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (bātayhōn)

Derived terms

(construct state) see → ܒܹܝܬ݂ (bēṯ)
ܒܲܝܬܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (baytūṯā, “household, family”)
ܒܲܝܬܘܿܢܵܐ (baytōnā, “cottage, cabin”)
ܒܲܝܬܵܝܵܐ (baytāyā, “domestic, familiar, related”)
ܒܲܪ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (bar baytā, “bond slave born in the house”)
ܪܲܒ݂ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (raḇ baytā, “paterfamilias, househusband, homemaker”)

Verb

ܒܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (byāṯā)

present participle of ܒܵܐܹܬ݂ (bāˀēṯ)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Pronunciation

(Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈbaj.tɑ]
(Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbaj.tɑ]
(Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbɑj.to]

Noun

ܒܝܬܐ • (baytā) m (plural ܒܬܐ (bāttē))

house, home
temple, church
room, chamber, cell
stable
hive
vessel, receptacle, urn, case
verse, stanza, introit, strophe, hymn
(medicine) seat, base (of a humor/humour)
(astronomy) house, mansion, station
(in compounds) companions, followers, servants; sect
(in compounds with a gentilic name) land, country; people, nation, race, tribe, class
(in compounds marking familial descendance) family

Inflection

Irregular singular absolute form in ܒܝ (bay) as well as an irregular plural form.

Inflection of **ܒܝܬܐ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
	state	form	person	m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܝ	1^st person	ܒܝܬܝ		ܒܝܬܢ
	construct	ܒܝܬ	2^nd person	ܒܝܬܟ	ܒܝܬܟܝ	ܒܝܬܟܘܢ	ܒܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic		3^rd person	ܒܝܬܗ	ܒܝܬܗ	ܒܝܬܗܘܢ	ܒܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܬܝܢ	1^st person	ܒܬܝ		ܒܬܝܢ
	construct	ܒܬܝ	2^nd person	ܒܬܝܟ	ܒܬܝܟܝ	ܒܬܝܟܘܢ	ܒܬܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܬܐ	3^rd person	ܒܬܘܗܝ	ܒܬܝܗ	ܒܬܝܗܘܢ	ܒܬܝܗܝܢ

References

“by”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 26 August 2011
Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 29a–b
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 43a–b
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 144b–145a