ܒܥܝܪܐ
Classical Syriac
editEtymology
editCompare Arabic بَعِير (baʕīr) and Hebrew בְּעִיר (bəʿīr).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editܒܥܝܪܐ • (bˁīrā) f (plural ܒܥܝܪܐ)
- sheep, cattle
- (by extension) domesticated animals, beasts of burden
Usage notes
editWhile feminine in the singular, this word may be either feminine or masculine in the plural.
Antonyms
editReferences
edit- “bˁyr”, 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. 35a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 50b
- 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. 170b