ܒܠܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܒ-ܠ-ܥ (b-l-ʿ) related to swallowing. Compare Hebrew בֶּלַע (bélaʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b(ə)lɑʕɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [b(ə)lɑʕe(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܒܠܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܠܥܐ)

1. mouthful, gobbet, bolus
2. swallowing, gurgling
3. (grammar) omission, elision
4. (phonology) assimilation

Inflection

    inflection of ܒܠܥܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܒܠܥ	ܒܠܥܝܢ
construct	ܒܠܥ	ܒܠܥܝ
emphatic	ܒܠܥܐ	ܒܠܥܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܒܠܥܝ	ܒܠܥܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܒܠܥܟ	ܒܠܥܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܒܠܥܟܝ	ܒܠܥܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܒܠܥܗ	ܒܠܥܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܠܥܗ	ܒܠܥܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܒܠܥܢ	ܒܠܥܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܒܠܥܟܘܢ	ܒܠܥܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܒܠܥܟܝܢ	ܒܠܥܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܒܠܥܗܘܢ	ܒܠܥܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܒܠܥܗܝܢ	ܒܠܥܝܗܝܢ

References

• “blˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 47b
• 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. 159b