ܒܥܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܒܥܝܪܐ • (bˁīrā) f (plural ܒܥܝܪܐ)

1. sheep, cattle
2. (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

• ܚܝܘܬܐ

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, 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