ܒܙܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic بز

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛzzɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɛzze(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܒܙܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܙܐ)

1. (anatomy) nipple, teat, breast
2. (pathology) ulcers on the skin of the cornea
3. (figuratively, in the plural) mountains

Inflection

    inflection of ܒܙܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܒܙ	ܒܙܝܢ
construct	ܒܙ	ܒܙܝ
emphatic	ܒܙܐ	ܒܙܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܒܙܝ	ܒܙܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܒܙܟ	ܒܙܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܒܙܟܝ	ܒܙܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܒܙܗ	ܒܙܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܙܗ	ܒܙܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܒܙܢ	ܒܙܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܒܙܟܘܢ	ܒܙܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܒܙܟܝܢ	ܒܙܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܒܙܗܘܢ	ܒܙܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܒܙܗܝܢ	ܒܙܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܬܕܐ
• ܚܠܡܬܐ ܕܬܕܐ
• ܚܕܝܐ

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭠𐭦 (bʾz /⁠bāz⁠/). Compare Arabic بَاز (bāz) and Hebrew בַּז (baz).

Alternative forms

• ܒܙܝ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑzɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɑze(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܒܙܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܙܐ)

1. hawk, falcon

   Synonym: ܢܨܐ

Inflection

    inflection of ܒܙܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܒܙ	ܒܙܝܢ
construct	ܒܙ	ܒܙܝ
emphatic	ܒܙܐ	ܒܙܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܒܙܝ	ܒܙܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܒܙܟ	ܒܙܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܒܙܟܝ	ܒܙܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܒܙܗ	ܒܙܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܙܗ	ܒܙܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܒܙܢ	ܒܙܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܒܙܟܘܢ	ܒܙܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܒܙܟܝܢ	ܒܙܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܒܙܗܘܢ	ܒܙܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܒܙܗܝܢ	ܒܙܝܗܝܢ

Further reading

• “bz”, 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. 27a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 40a
• 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. 132b