ܒܝܬܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Root
ܒ ܘ ܬ (b w t)
1 term
ܒܝܬܐ

From Aramaic בַּיְתָּא (baytā), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-; compare Arabic بَيْت (bayt), Hebrew בַּיִת (báyit) and Akkadian 𒂍 (bītum).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • ܒܲܝܬܵܐ:
    • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈbajtaː]
    • (Ashiret) IPA(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
    • (Bohtan) IPA(key): [ˈbaːtaː]
    • (Hertevin) IPA(key): [ˈbeːtaː]
    • (Jilu) IPA(key): [ˈbiːjaː]
    • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
    • (Sanandaj) IPA(key): [ˈbeːsaː]
    • (Tkhuma) IPA(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
    • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ˈbeːtaː]
    • (Walto) IPA(key): [ˈbaːʃaː]
  • ܒܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ:
    • (standard) IPA(key): [bəjɑːθɑː]

Noun[edit]

ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (baytām sg (plural ܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ (bāttē) or ܒܵܬܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (bātwātē) or ܒܲܝ̈ܬܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (baytawwāṯā) or ܒܲܝܬ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (baytwāṯā) or ܒܵܬܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bātānē))

  1. house, home
  2. (in the construct state, in compounds) room, chamber, cell, place, location, area
  3. (astronomy) house, mansion, station

Inflection[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

ܒܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (byāṯā)

  1. present participle of ܒܵܐܹܬ݂ (bāˀēṯ)

Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈbaj.tɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbaj.tɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbɑj.to]

Noun[edit]

ܒܝܬܐ (baytām (plural ܒܬܐ (bāttē))

  1. house, home
  2. temple, church
  3. room, chamber, cell
  4. stable
  5. hive
  6. vessel, receptacle, urn, case
  7. verse, stanza, introit, strophe, hymn
  8. (medicine) seat, base (of a humor/humour)
  9. (astronomy) house, mansion, station
  10. (in compounds) companions, followers, servants; sect
  11. (in compounds with a gentilic name) land, country; people, nation, race, tribe, class
  12. (in compounds marking familial descendance) family

Inflection[edit]

Irregular singular absolute form in ܒܝ (bay) as well as an irregular plural form.

References[edit]

  • by”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-26
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 29a-b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 43a-b
  • 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, pages 144b-145a