ܒ-

See also: ܒ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic بِ- (bi-), Hebrew בְּ־ (bə-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b(ə)-] (preceding a consonant and vowel)
• IPA^(key): [ba-] (preceding a two-consonant cluster)

Preposition

ܒ- • (bə-, ba-)

1. various senses: in, on, upon, at, among, to, into, by, according to, for, because, about, as, against, during
2. (instrumentally) with
3. (with an adjective, forming a superlative) -est, most
4. (with a substantive, forming an adverb) -ly

Inflection

Takes type-I suffixes.

    declension of ܒ-

1st c. sg. (me)	ܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (you)	ܒܟ
2nd f. sg. (you)	ܒܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (him)	ܒܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܗ
1st c. pl. (us)	ܒܢ
2nd m. pl. (you)	ܒܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (you)	ܒܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (them)	ܒܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (them)	ܒܗܝܢ

See also

• ܒ (b)

References

• “b_”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2020-01-04
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 23a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 33b-34a
• 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 114a