ܒܐܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܒܝܪܐ
• ܒܪܐ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܒܐܪܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܒܐܪܘܬܐ or ܒܐܪܬܐ or ܒܐܪܐ)

1. well, pit

Inflection

    declension of ܒܐܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܒܐܪ	ܒܐܪܘܢ ,ܒܐܪܢ ,ܒܐܪܝܢ
construct	ܒܐܪ	ܒܐܪܘܬ ,ܒܐܪܬ ,ܒܐܪܝ
emphatic	ܒܐܪܐ	ܒܐܪܘܬܐ ,ܒܐܪܬܐ ,ܒܐܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܒܐܪܝ	ܒܐܪܘܬܝ ,ܒܐܪܬܝ ,ܒܐܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܒܐܪܟ	ܒܐܪܘܬܟ ,ܒܐܪܬܟ ,ܒܐܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܒܐܪܟܝ	ܒܐܪܘܬܟܝ ,ܒܐܪܬܟܝ ,ܒܐܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܒܐܪܗ	ܒܐܪܘܬܗ ,ܒܐܪܬܗ ,ܒܐܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܐܪܗ	ܒܐܪܘܬܗ ,ܒܐܪܬܗ ,ܒܐܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܒܐܪܢ	ܒܐܪܘܬܢ ,ܒܐܪܬܢ ,ܒܐܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܒܐܪܟܘܢ	ܒܐܪܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܒܐܪܬܟܘܢ ,ܒܐܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܒܐܪܟܝܢ	ܒܐܪܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܒܐܪܬܟܝܢ ,ܒܐܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܒܐܪܗܘܢ	ܒܐܪܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܒܐܪܬܗܘܢ ,ܒܐܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܒܐܪܗܝܢ	ܒܐܪܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܒܐܪܬܗܝܢ ,ܒܐܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “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