ܒܛܠܢܐ
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From the root ܒ-ܛ-ܠ (b-ṭ-l) related to idling. Compare Arabic بُطْلَان (buṭlān) and Hebrew בַּטְלָן (baṭlān).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܒܛܠܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܛܠܢܐ)
- leave of absence, sick leave, hiatus, recess
- leisure
- idleness, negligence, laziness
- vanity
- abolition, annihilation
Inflection edit
inflection of ܒܛܠܢܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܒܛܠܢ | ܒܛܠܢܝܢ |
| construct | ܒܛܠܢ | ܒܛܠܢܝ |
| emphatic | ܒܛܠܢܐ | ܒܛܠܢܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܒܛܠܢܝ | ܒܛܠܢܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܒܛܠܢܟ | ܒܛܠܢܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܒܛܠܢܟܝ | ܒܛܠܢܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܒܛܠܢܗ | ܒܛܠܢܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܒܛܠܢܗ | ܒܛܠܢܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܒܛܠܢܢ | ܒܛܠܢܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܒܛܠܢܟܘܢ | ܒܛܠܢܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܒܛܠܢܟܝܢ | ܒܛܠܢܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܒܛܠܢܗܘܢ | ܒܛܠܢܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܒܛܠܢܗܝܢ | ܒܛܠܢܝܗܝܢ |
References edit
- “bṭln”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-13
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 28a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 42a
- 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, pp. 138b-139a