ܒܨܘܝܐ
Classical Syriac
editEtymology
editFrom the root ܒ-ܨ-ܐ (b-ṣ-ʾ) related to searching.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editܒܨܘܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܨܘܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܒܨܘܝܬܐ)
Usage notes
editThe sense of "inquirer" is often used negatively as someone who is too curious for their own good (e.g. heretics).
Inflection
edit inflection of ܒܨܘܝܐ
state | singular | plural |
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absolute | ܒܨܘܝ | ܒܨܘܝܝܢ |
construct | ܒܨܘܝ | ܒܨܘܝܝ |
emphatic | ܒܨܘܝܐ | ܒܨܘܝܐ |
possessive forms | ||
1st c. sg. (my) | ܒܨܘܝܝ | ܒܨܘܝܝ |
2nd m. sg. (your) | ܒܨܘܝܟ | ܒܨܘܝܝܟ |
2nd f. sg. (your) | ܒܨܘܝܟܝ | ܒܨܘܝܝܟܝ |
3rd m. sg. (his) | ܒܨܘܝܗ | ܒܨܘܝܘܗܝ |
3rd f. sg. (her) | ܒܨܘܝܗ | ܒܨܘܝܝܗ |
1st c. pl. (our) | ܒܨܘܝܢ | ܒܨܘܝܝܢ |
2nd m. pl. (your) | ܒܨܘܝܟܘܢ | ܒܨܘܝܝܟܘܢ |
2nd f. pl. (your) | ܒܨܘܝܟܝܢ | ܒܨܘܝܝܟܝܢ |
3rd m. pl. (their) | ܒܨܘܝܗܘܢ | ܒܨܘܝܝܗܘܢ |
3rd f. pl. (their) | ܒܨܘܝܗܝܢ | ܒܨܘܝܝܗܝܢ |
References
edit- “bṣwy”, 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. 35a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 51b
- 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. 174a