Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compare Arabic بِئْر (biʔr) and Hebrew בְּאֵר (bəʾēr).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [be(ʔ)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [be(ʔ)re(ʔ)], [be(ʔ)rɑθɑ(ʔ)], [be(ʔ)rawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܒܐܪܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܒܐܪܘܬܐ or ܒܐܪܬܐ or ܒܐܪܐ)

  1. well, pit

Inflection edit

References edit

  • bˀr”, 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. 23a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 114b