ܒܝܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
| Root |
|---|
| ܒ ܘ ܬ (b w t) |
| 1 term |
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From Aramaic בַּיְתָּא (baytā), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-; compare Arabic بَيْت (bayt), Hebrew בַּיִת (báyit) and Akkadian 𒂍 (bītum).
Pronunciation edit
- ܒܲܝܬܵܐ:
- (standard) IPA(key): [ˈbajtaː]
- (Ashiret) IPA(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
- (Bohtan) IPA(key): [ˈbaːtaː]
- (Hertevin) IPA(key): [ˈbeːtaː]
- (Jilu) IPA(key): [ˈbiːjaː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
- (Sanandaj) IPA(key): [ˈbeːsaː]
- (Tkhuma) IPA(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
- (Urmian) IPA(key): [ˈbeːtaː]
- (Walto) IPA(key): [ˈbaːʃaː]
- ܒܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ:
Noun edit
ܒܲܝܬܵܐ • (baytā) m sg (plural ܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ (bāttē) or ܒܵܬܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (bātwātē) or ܒܲܝ̈ܬܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (baytawwāṯā) or ܒܲܝܬ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (baytwāṯā) or ܒܵܬܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bātānē))
- house, home
- (in the construct state, in compounds) room, chamber, cell, place, location, area
- (astronomy) house, mansion, station
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (baytā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܒܲܝܬܝܼ (baytī) |
ܒܲܝܬܲܢ (baytan) | ||
| construct | ܒܹܝܬ݂ (bēṯ) |
2nd person | ܒܲܝܬܘܼܟ݂ (baytūḵ) |
ܒܲܝܬܵܟ݂ܝ (baytāḵ) |
ܒܲܝܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (baytāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (baytā) |
3rd person | ܒܲܝܬܹܗ (baytēh) |
ܒܲܝܬܵܗ̇ (baytāh) |
ܒܲܝܬܗܘܿܢ (baythōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܒܵܬܝܼ̈ (bāttī) |
ܒܵܬܲܢ̈ (bāttān) | ||
| construct | ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ (bāttay) |
2nd person | ܒܵܬܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (bāttōḵ) |
ܒܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (bāttāḵ) |
ܒܵܬܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bāttāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ (bāttē) |
3rd person | ܒܵܬܘܼ̈ܗܝ (bāttūh) |
ܒܵܬ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (bāttōh) |
ܒܵܬܗ̈ܘܿܢ (bātthōn) | ||
Derived terms edit
- ܒܲܝܬܵܝܵܐ (baytāyā, “domestic, familiar, related”)
- ܒܲܝܬܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (baytūṯā, “household, family”)
- ܒܲܝܬܘܿܢܵܐ (baytōnā, “cottage, cabin”)
- ܒܲܪ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (bar baytā, “bond slave born in the house”)
- ܪܲܒ݂ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (raḇ baytā, “paterfamilias, househusband, homemaker”)
- (construct state) see → ܒܹܝܬ݂ (bēṯ)
Verb edit
ܒܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (byāṯā)
- present participle of ܒܵܐܹܬ݂ (bāˀēṯ)
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈbaj.tɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbaj.tɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbɑj.to]
Noun edit
ܒܝܬܐ • (baytā) m (plural ܒܬܐ (bāttē))
- house, home
- temple, church
- room, chamber, cell
- stable
- hive
- vessel, receptacle, urn, case
- verse, stanza, introit, strophe, hymn
- (medicine) seat, base (of a humor/humour)
- (astronomy) house, mansion, station
- (in compounds) companions, followers, servants; sect
- (in compounds with a gentilic name) land, country; people, nation, race, tribe, class
- (in compounds marking familial descendance) family
Inflection edit
Irregular singular absolute form in ܒܝ (bay) as well as an irregular plural form.
declension of ܒܝܬܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܒܝ | ܒܬܝܢ |
| construct | ܒܝܬ | ܒܬܝ |
| emphatic | ܒܝܬܐ | ܒܬܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܒܝܬܝ | ܒܬܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܒܝܬܟ | ܒܬܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܒܝܬܟܝ | ܒܬܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܒܝܬܗ | ܒܬܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܒܝܬܗ | ܒܬܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܒܝܬܢ | ܒܬܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܒܝܬܟܘܢ | ܒܬܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܒܝܬܟܝܢ | ܒܬܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܒܝܬܗܘܢ | ܒܬܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܒܝܬܗܝܢ | ܒܬܝܗܝܢ |
References edit
- “by”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-26
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 29a-b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 43a-b
- 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, pages 144b-145a