ܒܝܣܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܒܙܬܐ, ܒܝܙܬܐ, ܒܣܬܐ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βήσιον (bḗsion) or βῆσσα (bêssa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bistɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bisɑθɑ(ʔ)], [bisjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܝܣܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܒܝܣܝܬܐ or ܒܝܣܬܐ)

1. vessel, jug, pot, phial

Inflection

    declension of ܒܝܣܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܒܝܣܐ	ܒܝܣܝܢ ,ܒܝܣܢ
construct	ܒܝܣܬ	ܒܝܣܝܬ ,ܒܝܣܬ
emphatic	ܒܝܣܬܐ	ܒܝܣܝܬܐ ,ܒܝܣܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܒܝܣܬܝ	ܒܝܣܝܬܝ ,ܒܝܣܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܒܝܣܬܟ	ܒܝܣܝܬܟ ,ܒܝܣܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܒܝܣܬܟܝ	ܒܝܣܝܬܟܝ ,ܒܝܣܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܒܝܣܬܗ	ܒܝܣܝܬܗ ,ܒܝܣܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܝܣܬܗ	ܒܝܣܝܬܗ ,ܒܝܣܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܒܝܣܬܢ	ܒܝܣܝܬܢ ,ܒܝܣܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܒܝܣܬܟܘܢ	ܒܝܣܝܬܟܘܢ ,ܒܝܣܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܒܝܣܬܟܝܢ	ܒܝܣܝܬܟܝܢ ,ܒܝܣܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܒܝܣܬܗܘܢ	ܒܝܣܝܬܗܘܢ ,ܒܝܣܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܒܝܣܬܗܝܢ	ܒܝܣܝܬܗܝܢ ,ܒܝܣܬܗܝܢ

Further reading

• “bysh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-31
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 32a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 42b
• 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. 142b