ܒܘܪܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܒ-ܘ-ܪ (b-w-r) related to being uncultivated. Compare Arabic بُور (būr) and Hebrew בּוּר (bûr).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [burɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [bure(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

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ܒܘܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܒܘܪܐ)

  1. fallow, infertile, unproductive
  2. simple, basic
  3. unlearned, stupid, foolish
  4. rude

Inflection

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Noun

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ܒܘܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܒܘܪܐ)

  1. (agriculture) waste, fallow, uncultivated land

Inflection

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References

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  • bwr”, 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. 26b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 39a
  • 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. 130a-b