Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ܒ ܟ ܐ (b k ˀ)
2 terms

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [baːxeː]

Verb edit

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

  1. to weep, cry

Conjugation edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ܒܟܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. to weep

Etymology 2 edit

Related to ܐܒܟܐ (ʾāḇakkāʾ).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ܒܟܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܒܟܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܒܟܬܐ)

  1. cock, rooster
Inflection edit

References edit

  • 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