ܒܬܪ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܒ ܬ ܪ (b t r)
5 terms

Picture dictionary

ܒܬܪ

ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ

ܠܬܸܚܬ ܡ̣ܢ

ܓܲܘ

ܩܵܕ݇ܡ

ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ

ܥܲܠ

ܓܹܢ݇ܒ/

ܠܟܸܣ

ܬ݇ܚܘܿܬ݂

ܒܹܝܢ

Prepositions of location

Etymology

From Aramaic בָּתַר (bāṯar), itself from בְּ־ (bə-, “in; with”) + אֲתַר (ˀăṯar, “trace of”); related to ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ (aṯrā, “country”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [bar.]
• (Bohtan) IPA^(key): [boːtar]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [baːθˤarˤ], [baːθˤɪrˤ], [baːθˤərˤ], [baθˤɪrˤ], [baθˤərˤ]

Preposition

ܒܵܬ݇ܪ or ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ • (bār or bāṯar)

1. behind, after (in time and space)

   ܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ܒܵܬ݂ܪܘܼܟ݂ ― īlāh bāṯrūḵ ― She’s behind you.

   ܒܸܬ ܬܵܦܩܲܚ ܒܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܒܵܬ݇ܪ ܕܫܘܼܠܸܡ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܫܘܼܠܵܐ.

   bit tāpqaḥ biḥḏāḏē bār d-šūlim lūḵ šūlā.

   We will meet after you finish work.

   ܩܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܩܲܪܝܼܪܵܐ ܫܘܼܪܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܒܡܸܬܚܵܐ ܟܸܪܝܵܐ ܒܵܬ݇ܪ ܡ̣ܢ ܩܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܬܹܒ݂ܹܝܠܵܝܵܐ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ.

   qrāḇā qarīrā šūrē lāh bmitḥā kiryā bār min qrāḇā tēḇēlāyā trayyānā.

   The Cold War began shortly after the second World War.

2. following

Usage notes

• The English adverb and preposition after does not have an immediate counterpart in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic; rather, a phrase like ܒܵܬ݇ܪ ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ (bār ˁiddānā, literally “after (this) time”) or ܒܵܬ݇ܪ ܗܵܕܲܟ݂ (bār hādaḵ, literally “after such”) can be used as an adverb.

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܵܬ݇ܪ (bār)

Base Form			ܒܵܬ݇ܪ (bār)
Personal-pronoun including forms	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	ܒܵܬ݂ܪܝܼ (bāṯrī)		ܒܵܬ݂ܪܲܢ (bāṯran)
2nd person	ܒܵܬ݂ܪܘܼܟ݂ (bāṯrūḵ)	ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܟ݂ܝ (bāṯrāḵ)	ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bāṯrāwḵōn)
3rd person	ܒܵܬ݂ܪܹܗ (bāṯrēh)	ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܗ̇ (bāṯrāh)	ܒܵܬ݂ܪܗܘܿܢ (bāṯrhōn)

Antonyms

• ܩܲܕ݇ܡ (qam)

Derived terms

• ܡ̣ܢ ܒܵܬ݇ܪ (min bār, “because, because of, from behind”, literally “from behind”)
• ܒܵܬ݇ܪ ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ (bār mšīḥā, “AD, CE”, literally “after Christ”)
• ܒܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ (baṯrā, “back, anterior”)