ܒܬܪ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܒ ܬ ܪ (b t r)
5 terms

Picture dictionary

ܠܥܸܠ ܡܸܢ

ܠܬܸܚܬ ܡܸܢ

ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ

Prepositions of location

Etymology

From Aramaic בָּתַר (bāṯar), itself from בְּ־ (bə-, “in; with”) + אֲתַר (ˀăṯar, “trace of”); related to ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ (aṯrā, “country”).

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA^(key): [bar.]
(Bohtan) IPA^(key): [boːtar]
(Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [baːθˤarˤ], [baːθˤɪrˤ], [baːθˤərˤ], [baθˤɪrˤ], [baθˤərˤ]

Preposition

ܒܵܬ݇ܪ or ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ • (bār or bāṯar)

behind, after (in time and space)
ܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ܒܵܬ݂ܪܘܼܟ݂ ― īlāh bāṯrōḵ ― She’s behind you.

ܒܸܬ ܬܵܦܩܲܚ ܒܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ ܕܡܫܘܼܠܸܡ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܫܘܼܓ݂ܠܵܐ.
bit tāpqaḥ biḥḏāḏē bāṯar d-mšūlim lōḵ šuḡlā.
We will meet after you finish work.

ܩܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܩܲܪܝܼܪܵܐ ܡܫܘܼܪܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܒܡܸܬ݂ܚܵܐ ܟܸܪܝܵܐ ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ ܡܸܢ ܩܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܬܹܒ݂ܹܝܠܵܝܵܐ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ.
qrāḇā qarīrā mšūrē lāh b-miṯḥā kiryā bāṯar min qrāḇā tēḇēlāyā trayyānā.
The Cold War began shortly after the second World War.
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Usage notes

The English adverb and preposition after does not have an immediate counterpart in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic; rather, a phrase like ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ (bāṯar ˁiddānā, literally “after (this) time”) or ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ ܗܵܕܲܟ݂ (bāṯar hādaḵ, literally “after such”) can be used as an adverb.

Inflection

Inflection of *ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ*

base form			ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ (bāṯar)
Personal-pronoun including forms
	singular		plural
	m	f	plural
1^st person	ܒܵܬ݂ܪܝܼ (bāṯrī)		ܒܵܬ݂ܪܲܢ (bāṯran)
2^nd person	ܒܵܬ݂ܪܘܼܟ݂ (bāṯrōḵ)	ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܟ݂ܝ (bāṯrāḵ)	ܒܵܬ݂ܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bāṯrawḵōn)
3^rd person	ܒܵܬ݂ܪܹܗ (bāṯrēh)	ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܗ̇ (bāṯrāh)	ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪܗܘܿܢ (bāṯarhōn)

Antonyms

ܩܵܕ݇ܡ (qām)

Derived terms

ܡܸܢ ܒܵܬ݇ܪ (min bār, “because, because of, from behind”, literally “from behind”)
ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ (bāṯar mšīḥā, “AD, CE”, literally “after Christ”)
ܒܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ (baṯrā, “back, anterior”)