ܒܝܬ ܟܪܝܗܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܒܝܬ ܟܪ̈ܝܗܐ

Etymology

Literally, “House of patients/the sick”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [beθː‿kəriːheː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [betː‿t͡ʃəriːheː]

Noun

ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܟܪ̈ܝܼܗܹܐ • (bēṯ krīhē) m sg (plural ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ ܟܪ̈ܝܼܗܹܐ (bāttay krīhē))

1. hospital (large medical facility)

   ܪܲܕܵܝܬܵܐ ܕܐܘܼܫܦܵܐ ܡܛܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܒܲܥܓ݂ܲܠ ܘܦܝܼܫܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܡܘܼܒܠܵܐ ܠܒܹܝܬ݂ ܟܪ̈ܝܼܗܹܐ ܒܣܘܼܪܗܵܒ݂ܵܐ.

   raddāytā d-ušpā mṭē lāh baˁḡal w-pīšā ìwā mublā l-bēṯ krīhē b-surhāḇā.

   An ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to the hospital.

See also

• ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܐܵܣܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (bēṯ āsyūṯā), ܡܹܐܣܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mēsīṯā, “clinic”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܒܝܬ (bēṯ, “house of”) + ܟܪܝܗܐ (k(ə)rīhē, “the sick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [be(j)θ k(ə)rihe]

Noun

ܒܝܬ ܟܪܝܗܐ • (bēṯ krīhē) m (plural ܒܬܝ ܟܪܝܗܐ (bāttī krīhē))

1. hospital

   Synonym: ܢܣܩܡܝܘܢ

References

• “byt**kryhˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 44a