ܒܝܬ ܐܣܝܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

 
ܒܝܬ ܐܣܝܪ̈ܐ

Etymology edit

Literally, House of prisoners.

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [beθː‿ʔas.siːreː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [betː‿ʔa.siːreː]

Noun edit

ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (bēṯ asīrēm sg (plural ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (bāttay asīrē))

  1. prison, jail
    Synonym: ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܚܒ݂ܘܼܫܝܵܐ (bēṯ ḥḇušyā)
    ܡܣܲܪܚܵܢܵܐ ܦܝܼܫܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܚܒ݂ܝܼܫܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܥܲܠ ܩܸܛܠܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ.
    msarḥānā pīšā ìwā ḥḇīšā gāw bēt asīrē ˁal qiṭlā d-ˁḇīḏā ìwā gāw mḏītā qam ḥḏā šēttā.
    The criminal had been locked up in prison for a murder committed in the city a year ago.

Inflection edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From ܒܝܬ (bêṯ, house of) +‎ ܐܣܝܪܐ (ʾassīrē(ʾ), prisoners).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [be(j)θ ʔassire(ʔ)]

Noun edit

ܒܝܬ ܐܣܝܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܒܝܬ ܐܣܝܪܐ or ܒܬܝ ܐܣܝܪܐ)

  1. prison

References edit

  • byt**ˀsyrˀ”, 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. 16a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 43b
  • 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. 145b