ܒܪܟ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܒ ܪ ܟ (b r k)
6 terms

Uncertain:

Cognate with بَارَكَ (bāraka), Hebrew בָּרַךְ (barákh), בֵּרַךְ (berákh), and Amharic ባረከ (baräkä).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [bɑːrekː]
  • (Ashiret) IPA(key): [ˈbä.ɾɪk]
  • (Urmia) IPA(key): [ˈbɒ.ɾɪk]

Verb

ܒܵܪܹܟ • (bārēk)

  1. to kneel
    ܡܵܨܹܝܬܘܿܢ ܝܵܬ݂ܒ݂ܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܝܲܢ ܒܵܪܟܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܥܲܠ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ.
    māṣētōn yāṯḇītōn yan bārkītōn ˁal arˁā.
    You can sit or kneel on the ground.
    • Psalms 95:6:
      ܬܹܝܡܘܼܢ ܣܵܓ݂ܕܲܚ ܘܟܵܝܦܲܚ؛ ܒܵܪܟܲܚ ܩܲܕ݇ܡ ܡܵܪܝܵܐ ܒܵܪܝܵܢܲܢ.
      tēmūn sāḡdaḥ w-kāypaḥ; bārkaḥ qam māryā bāryānan.
      Come let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
  2. to lie down as an animal

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܒܵܪܹܟ
gerund ܒܸܒܪܵܟܵܐ (bibrākā)
verbal noun ܒܪܵܟܵܐ (brākā)
singular plural
passive participle m ܒܪܝܼܟܵܐ (brīkā) ܒܪ̈ܝܼܟܹܐ (brīkē)
f ܒܪܝܼܟܬܵܐ (brīktā)
agent noun m ܒܵܪܘܿܟܵܐ (bārōkā) ܒܵܪ̈ܘܿܟܹܐ (bārōkē)
f ܒܵܪܘܿܟܬܵܐ (bārōktā) ܒܵܪ̈ܘܿܟܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bārōkyāṯā)
instance noun ܒܪܵܟܬܵܐ (brāktā) ܒܪ̈ܵܟܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (brākyāṯā)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܝܼ (brīk lī) ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (brīk lōḵ) ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܹܗ (brīk lēh) ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܲܢ (brīk lan) ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (brīk lawḵōn) ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܗܘܿܢ (brīk lhōn)
f ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (brīk lāḵ) ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܵܗ̇ (brīk lāh)
active non-past m ܒܵܪܟܹܢ (bārkēn) ܒܵܪܟܹܬ (bārkēt) ܒܵܪܹܟ (bārēk) ܒܵܪܟܲܚ (bārkaḥ) ܒܵܪܟܝܼܬܘܿܢ (bārkītōn) ܒܵܪܟܝܼ (bārkī)
f ܒܵܪܟܵܢ (bārkān) ܒܵܪܟܵܬܝ (bārkāt) ܒܵܪܟܵܐ (bārkā)
passive past m ܒܪܝܼܟܸܢ (brīkin) ܒܪܝܼܟܸܬ (brīkit) ܒܪܝܼܟ (brīk) ܒܪܝܼܟܸܚ (brīkiḥ) ܒܪܝܼܟܝܼܬܘܿܢ (brīkītōn) ܒܪܝܼܟܝܼ (brīkī)
f ܒܪܝܼܟܲܢ (brīkan) ܒܪܝܼܟܲܬܝ (brīkat) ܒܪܝܼܟܵܐ (brīkā)
imperative m ܒܪܘܿܟ (brōk) ܒܪܘܿܟܘܼܢ (brōkūn)
f ܒܪܘܿܟܝ (brōk)

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References

  • ܒܵܪܸܟ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 3 July 2021 (last accessed)
  • ܒܵܪܸܟ݂”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 1 January 2021 (last accessed)
  • Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܵܪܸܟ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 39b
  • Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܵܪܸܟ݂”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 154b

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܒ ܪ ܟ related to kneeling, from Proto-Semitic; cognate with Arabic بَرَكَ (baraka), بَارَكَ (bāraka), Hebrew בָּרַךְ (bāraḵ), בֵּרַךְ (bēraḵ), בֵּרֵךְ (bērēḵ), Amharic ባረከ (baräkä).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [b(ə.)ˈrax], [b(ə.)ˈrɛx]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbrax], [ˈbrɪx]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbrɑx], [ˈbrex]

Verb

ܒܪܟ • (bəraḵ, bəreḵ) (imperfect ܢܒܪܟ (neḇraḵ) or ܢܒܪܘܟ (neḇroḵ)) (peal construction)

  1. to bend, bend down, crouch
  2. to kneel, genuflect
  3. to bend the knee, bow
  4. to bless, hallow

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [b(ə.)ˈrɑx]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbrɑx]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbrox]

Noun

ܒܪܟ • (bərāḵ)

  1. absolute singular of ܒܪܟܐ
  2. construct state singular of ܒܪܟܐ

References

  • brk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 3 July 2021
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 38a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 55b–56a
  • 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 189b–190a