ܒܟܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܒ ܟ ܐ (b k ˀ)
2 terms

Compare Arabic بَكَى (bakā), Hebrew בָּכָה (bakhá) and Akkadian 𒀀𒅆 (bakûm).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [baːxeː]

Verb

ܒܵܟ݂ܹܐ • (bāḵē) (present participle ܒܟ݂ܵܝܵܐ (bḵāyā), past participle ܒܸܟ݂ܝܵܐ (biḵyā))

1. to weep, cry

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܒܵܟ݂ܹܐ (bāḵē)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܒܟ݂ܹܐ ܠܝܼ (bḵē lī)	ܒܟ݂ܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (bḵē lūḵ)	ܒܟ݂ܹܐ ܠܹܗ (bḵē lēh)	ܒܟ݂ܹܐ ܠܲܢ (bḵē lan)	ܒܟ݂ܹܐ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bḵē lāwḵōn)	ܒܟ݂ܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ (bḵē lhōn)
	f		ܒܟ݂ܹܐ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (bḵē lāḵ)	ܒܟ݂ܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ (bḵē lāh)
non-past	m	ܒܵܟ݂ܹܝܢ (bāḵēn)	ܒܵܟ݂ܹܝܬ (bāḵēt)	ܒܵܟ݂ܹܐ (bāḵē)	ܒܵܟ݂ܲܚ (bāḵaḥ)	ܒܵܟ݂ܹܝܬܘܿܢ (bāḵētōn)	ܒܵܟ݂ܝܼ (bāḵī)
	f	ܒܵܟ݂ܝܵܢ (bāḵyān)	ܒܵܟ݂ܝܵܬܝ (bāḵyāt)	ܒܵܟ݂ܝܵܐ (bāḵyā)
imperative	m		ܒܟ݂ܝܼ (bḵī)			ܒܟ݂ܹܝܡܘܼܢ (bḵēmūn)
	f		ܒܟ݂ܹܐ (bḵē)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b(ə)xɑ(ʔ)]

Verb

ܒܟܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. to weep

Etymology 2

Related to ܐܒܟܐ (ʾāḇakkāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bakkɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bakke(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܟܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܒܟܬܐ)

1. cock, rooster

Inflection

    inflection of ܒܟܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܒܟ	ܒܟܝܢ
construct	ܒܟ	ܒܟܝ
emphatic	ܒܟܐ	ܒܟܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܒܟܝ	ܒܟܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܒܟܟ	ܒܟܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܒܟܟܝ	ܒܟܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܒܟܗ	ܒܟܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܟܗ	ܒܟܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܒܟܢ	ܒܟܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܒܟܟܘܢ	ܒܟܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܒܟܟܝܢ	ܒܟܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܒܟܗܘܢ	ܒܟܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܒܟܗܝܢ	ܒܟܝܗܝܢ

References

• “bky”, 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. 30a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 45b
• 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. 151b