ܒܒܥܘ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܒ ܥ ܐ (b ˁ ˀ)
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from ܒ- (bə-, “in, by”) +‎ ܒܥܘ (bāʿū, “a petition”), absolute form of ܒܥܘܬܐ (bāʿūṯā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [bəwɑːʕuː]

Interjection

ܒܒܵܥܘܼ • (bbāˁū)

1. please said in expressing a request

See also

• ܬܵܘܕܝܼ (tāwdī, “thank you”)
• ܐܸܢ ܒܵܣܡܵܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (in bāsmā lūḵ)
• ܢܹܐ (nē)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܒ- (bə-, “in, by”) + ܒܥܘ (bāʿū, “a petition”), absolute form of ܒܥܘܬܐ (bāʿūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b(ə)vɑʕu]

Adverb

ܒܒܥܘ • (bə-ḇāʿū)

1. please, pray

See also

• ܢܝ (nê)

References

• “bbˁw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2014-10-01
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 34a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 34b
• 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. 169a