Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ܒ ܪ ܟ (b r k)
6 terms

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [məbar.rɪx.]
  • (Ashiret) IPA(key): [ˈmbä.ɾx]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ˈbɒ.ɾɪx]

Verb edit

ܡܒܲܪܸܟ݂ (mbarriḵ) (present participle ܡܒܲܪܘܼܟ݂ܹܐ (mbarūḵē), past participle ܡܒܘܼܪܟ݂ܵܐ (mburḵā))

  1. (transitive) to bless, to hallow
    ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܡܒܲܪܸܟ݂ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܘܒܲܝܬܘܼܬܘܼܟ݂.
    allāhā mbarriḵ lūḵ w-baytūtūḵ.
    God bless you and your family.
    • Romans 12:14:
      ܡܒܲܪܟ݂ܘܼܢ ܠܐܵܢܝܼ ܕܡܟܲܡܪܝܼ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ، ܡܒܲܪܟ݂ܘܼܢ ܘܠܵܐ ܠܵܝܛܝܼܬܘܿܢ.
      mbarḵūn l-ānī dmkamrī lāwḵōn, mbarḵūn w-lā lāyṭītōn.
      Bless those who persecute you; bless and curse not.
    • Hebrews 6:14:
      ܒܹܐ݇ܡܵܪܵܐ: ”ܫܲܪܝܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ ܡܒܲܪܘܼܟ݂ܹܐ، ܒܸܬ ܡܒܲܪܟ݂ܸܢ ܠܘܼܟ݂؛ ܘܡܵܘܣܘܼܦܹܐ، ܒܸܬ ܡܵܘܣܦܸܢ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ“.
      bēmārā: “šarīrāˀīt mbarūḵē, bit mbarḵin lūḵ; w-māwsūpē, bit māwspin lāwḵōn”.
      saying, “Surely blessing, I will bless you; and multiplying, I will multiply you.”
  2. (of a priest) to marry, to perform a marriage ceremony
  3. (Alqosh) to give in marriage
  4. to congratulate
  5. to greet, visit

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • 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