ܒܪܟ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܒ ܪ ܟ (b r k)
6 terms

From Aramaic בְּרַךְ (bəraḵ), from Proto-Semitic; cognate with Arabic بَرَكَ (baraka), بَارَكَ (bāraka), Hebrew בָּרַךְ (barákh), בֵּרַךְ (berákh) and Amharic ባረከ (baräkä).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [bɑːrekː]
• (Ashiret) IPA^(key): [ˈbä.ɾɪk]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ˈbɒ.ɾɪk]

Verb

ܒܵܪܹܟ • (bārēk) (present participle ܒܪܵܟܵܐ (brākā), past participle ܒܪܝܼܟܵܐ (brīkā))

1. to kneel

   ܡܵܨܹܝܬܘܿܢ ܝܵܬ݂ܒ݂ܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܝܲܢ ܒܵܪܟܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܥܲܠ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ.

   māṣētōn yāṯḇītōn yan bārkītōn ˁal arˁā.

   You can sit or kneel on the ground.

   • Psalms 95:6:

     ܬܹܝܡܘܼܢ ܣܵܓ݂ܕܲܚ ܘܟܵܝܦܲܚ؛ ܒܵܪܟܲܚ ܩܲܕ݇ܡ ܡܵܪܝܵܐ ܒܵܪܝܵܢܲܢ.

     tēmūn sāḡdaḥ w-kāypaḥ; bārkaḥ qam māryā bāryānan.

     Come let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

2. to lie down as an animal

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܒܵܪܹܟ (bārēk)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܝܼ (brīk lī)	ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (brīk lūḵ)	ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܹܗ (brīk lēh)	ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܲܢ (brīk lan)	ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (brīk lāwḵōn)	ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܗܘܿܢ (brīk lhōn)
	f		ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (brīk lāḵ)	ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܵܗ̇ (brīk lāh)
non-past	m	ܒܵܪܟܹܢ (bārkēn)	ܒܵܪܟܹܬ (bārkēt)	ܒܵܪܹܟ (bārēk)	ܒܵܪܟܲܚ (bārkaḥ)	ܒܵܪܟܝܼܬܘܿܢ (bārkītōn)	ܒܵܪܟܝܼ (bārkī)
	f	ܒܵܪܟܵܢ (bārkān)	ܒܵܪܟܵܬܝ (bārkāt)	ܒܵܪܟܵܐ (bārkā)
imperative	m		ܒܪܘܿܟ (brōk)			ܒܪܘܿܟܘܼܢ (brōkūn)
	f		ܒܪܘܿܟܝ (brōk)

References

• “ܒܵܪܸܟ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2021 July 3 (last accessed)
• “ܒܵܪܸܟ݂”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2021 January 1 (last accessed)
• Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܵܪܸܟ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 39b
• Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܵܪܸܟ݂”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 154b

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܒ-ܪ-ܟ (b-r-k) related to kneeling, from Proto-Semitic; cognate with Arabic بَرَكَ (baraka), بَارَكَ (bāraka), Hebrew בָּרַךְ (bāraḵ), בֵּרַךְ (bēraḵ), בֵּרֵךְ (bērēḵ), Amharic ባረከ (baräkä).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [b(ə.)ˈrax], [b(ə.)ˈrɛx]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbrax], [ˈbrɪx]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbrɑx], [ˈbrex]

Verb

ܒܪܟ • (bəraḵ, bəreḵ) (imperfect ܢܒܪܟ (neḇraḵ) or ܢܒܪܘܟ (neḇroḵ)) (peal construction)

1. to bend, bend down, crouch
2. to kneel, genuflect
3. to bend the knee, bow
4. to bless, hallow

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [b(ə.)ˈrɑx]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbrɑx]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbrox]

Noun

ܒܪܟ • (bərāḵ)

1. absolute singular of ܒܪܟܐ
2. construct state singular of ܒܪܟܐ

References

• “brk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-03
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 38a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 55b-56a
• 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, pages 189b-190a