ܒܥܒܪܐ

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [bɪʕəwɑːrɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [biːvɑːrɑː], [vɑːrɑː]

ܒܸܥܒ݂ܵܪܵܐ • (biˁḇārā)

1. gerund of ܥܵܒ݂ܹܪ (ˁāḇēr, “to pass, cross”)

   ܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܝܼܘܲܚ ܒܸܥܒ݂ܵܪܵܐ ܒܓܸܫܪܵܐ

   aḥnan īwaḥ biˁḇārā b-gišrā

   We are crossing the bridge

2. (time) minutes past, succeeding the last hour

   Antonym: ܒܸܦܝܵܫܵܐ (bipyāšā)

   ܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ ܬܲܪܬܲܥܸܣܪܹܐ ܒܸܥܒ݂ܵܪܵܐ ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܐ

   īlāh šāˁaṯ tartaˁisrē biˁḇārā ruḇˁā

   It’s a quarter past twelve

   (literally, “It is the hour of twelve passing a quarter.”)

   ܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ ܬܸܠܵܬ݂ ܒܸܥܒ݂ܵܪܵܐ ܥܸܣܪܝܼܢ

   īlāh šāˁaṯ tillāṯ biˁḇārā ˁisrīn

   It’s twenty past three

   (literally, “It is the hour of three passing twenty.”)