ܒܘܟܪܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܒ-ܟ-ܪ (b-k-r) related to being first. Compare Arabic بِكْر (bikr) and Hebrew בְּכוֹר (bəḵôr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܒܘܟܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܒܘܟܪܐ)

  1. firstborn (human or animal)
  2. (figuratively, Christianity) host, Eucharist

Inflection

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References

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  • bkwr”, 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. 30a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 38a
  • 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. 126a