ܒܙܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Assumed to be a contraction of ܒܪ ܙܪܥܐ (bar zarʿāʾ), from ܒܪ (bar, “son of”) + ܙܪܥܐ (zarʿāʾ, “a seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bazrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bazre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܙܪܐ • (bazrā) m (plural ܒܙܪܐ)

1. (botany) seed

Inflection

    inflection of ܒܙܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܒܙܪ	ܒܙܪܝܢ
construct	ܒܙܪ	ܒܙܪܝ
emphatic	ܒܙܪܐ	ܒܙܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܒܙܪܝ	ܒܙܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܒܙܪܟ	ܒܙܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܒܙܪܟܝ	ܒܙܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܒܙܪܗ	ܒܙܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܙܪܗ	ܒܙܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܒܙܪܢ	ܒܙܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܒܙܪܟܘܢ	ܒܙܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܒܙܪܟܝܢ	ܒܙܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܒܙܪܗܘܢ	ܒܙܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܒܙܪܗܝܢ	ܒܙܪܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: بَزْر (bazr)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian *abēzārēh.

Alternative forms

• ܐܒܙܪܐ (ʾābzārā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛzzɑrɑ(ʔ)], [b(ə)zɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɛzzɑre(ʔ)], [b(ə)zɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܙܪܐ • (bezzārā, bəzārā) m (plural ܒܙܪܐ)

1. document, written record
2. letter of authority

Inflection

    inflection of ܒܙܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܒܙܪ	ܒܙܪܝܢ
construct	ܒܙܪ	ܒܙܪܝ
emphatic	ܒܙܪܐ	ܒܙܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܒܙܪܝ	ܒܙܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܒܙܪܟ	ܒܙܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܒܙܪܟܝ	ܒܙܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܒܙܪܗ	ܒܙܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܙܪܗ	ܒܙܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܒܙܪܢ	ܒܙܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܒܙܪܟܘܢ	ܒܙܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܒܙܪܟܝܢ	ܒܙܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܒܙܪܗܘܢ	ܒܙܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܒܙܪܗܝܢ	ܒܙܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “bzr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “bzr²”, 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, page 92b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 40b
• 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, page 134b