ܒܐܘܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܒܘܐ (bawwāʾ, bāwāʾ)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, apparently ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *b(e)u (“owl”); compare Latin būbō, Ancient Greek βύας (búas), Bulgarian буч (buč), Old Armenian բուէճ (buēč), North Persian بوم (bum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba(ʔ)wɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ba(ʔ)we(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܐܘܐ • (baʾwāʾ) m (plural ܒܐܘܐ)

1. hoopoe
2. owl

Inflection

    inflection of ܒܐܘܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܒܐܘ	ܒܐܘܝܢ
construct	ܒܐܘ	ܒܐܘܝ
emphatic	ܒܐܘܐ	ܒܐܘܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܒܐܘܝ	ܒܐܘܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܒܐܘܟ	ܒܐܘܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܒܐܘܟܝ	ܒܐܘܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܒܐܘܗ	ܒܐܘܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܐܘܗ	ܒܐܘܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܒܐܘܢ	ܒܐܘܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܒܐܘܟܘܢ	ܒܐܘܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܒܐܘܟܝܢ	ܒܐܘܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܒܐܘܗܘܢ	ܒܐܘܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܒܐܘܗܝܢ	ܒܐܘܝܗܝܢ

References

• “bwˀ**bwˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2014-09-24
• 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. 114a