ܒܪܟܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܒ-ܪ-ܟ (b-r-k) related to blessing. Compare Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka(t)) and Hebrew בְּרָכָה (bərāḵâ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܒܪܟܐ (transliteration neededm(uncountable)

  1. genuflection/genuflexion
  2. blessing, benediction

Inflection

References

  • brk”, 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. 38a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 56a
  • 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. 190a

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Etymology

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Noun

ܒܰܪܟܐ (barkof (plural ܒܰܪܟܳܬ̣ܶܐ (barkoṯe))

  1. (anatomy) knee