ܒܥܝܪܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic בְּעִירָא (bəʿīrā); cognate to Arabic بَعِير (baʕīr) and Hebrew בְּעִיר (b'ír), Akkadian 𒀫 (būrum, “calf”), Ugaritic 𐎛𐎁𐎗 (ỉbr, “bull”), Ge'ez ብዕር (bəʿər, “ox, horned cattle”), Amharic በሬ (bäre), Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩲𐩧 (bʿr, “cattle”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [bəʕiːrɑː]
Noun
ܒܥܝܼܪܵܐ • (bˁīrā) m (plural ܒܥܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (bˁīrē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܒܥܝܼܪ (bˁīr) | 1st person | ܒܥܝܼܪܝܼ (bˁīrī) | ܒܥܝܼܪܲܢ (bˁīran) | |||
| construct | ܒܥܝܼܪ (bˁīr) | 2nd person | ܒܥܝܼܪܘܼܟ݂ (bˁīrōḵ) | ܒܥܝܼܪܵܟ݂ܝ (bˁīrāḵ) | ܒܥܝܼܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bˁīrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܒܥܝܼܪܵܐ (bˁīrā) | 3rd person | ܒܥܝܼܪܹܗ (bˁīrēh) | ܒܥܝܼܪܵܗ̇ (bˁīrāh) | ܒܥܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ (bˁīrhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܒܥܝܼܪ̈ܝܼܢ (bˁīrīn) | 1st person | ܒܥܝܼܪ̈ܝܼ (bˁīrī) | ܒܥܝܼܪ̈ܲܢ (bˁīran) | |||
| construct | ܒܥܝܼܪ̈ܲܝ (bˁīray) | 2nd person | ܒܥܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (bˁīrōḵ) | ܒܥܝܼܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (bˁīrāḵ) | ܒܥܝܼܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bˁīrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܒܥܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (bˁīrē) | 3rd person | ܒܥܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (bˁīrūh) | ܒܥܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (bˁīrōh) | ܒܥܝܼܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (bˁīrayhōn) | |||
See also
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Arabic بَعِير (baʕīr) and Hebrew בְּעִיר (bəʿīr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [b(ə)ʕirɑ] (singular and plural)
Noun
ܒܥܝܪܐ • (bˁīrā) f (plural ܒܥܝܪܐ)
- sheep, cattle
- (by extension) domesticated animals, beasts of burden
Usage notes
While feminine in the singular, this word may be either feminine or masculine in the plural.
Antonyms
References
- “bˁyr”, 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 35a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 50b
- 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 170b