ܒܥܝܪܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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Compare Arabic بَعِير (baʕīr) and Hebrew בְּעִיר (bəʿīr).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [b(ə)ʕirɑ(ʔ)] (singular and plural)

Noun

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ܒܥܝܪܐ (bˁīrāf (plural ܒܥܝܪܐ)

  1. sheep, cattle
  2. (by extension) domesticated animals, beasts of burden

Usage notes

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While feminine in the singular, this word may be either feminine or masculine in the plural.

Antonyms

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References

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  • 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, p. 35a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 170b