ܡܒܪܟ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

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

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [məbar.rɪx.]
• (Ashiret) IPA^(key): [ˈmbä.ɾx]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ˈbɒ.ɾɪx]

Verb

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

Conjugation of ܡܒܲܪܸܟ݂ (mbarriḵ)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܡܒܘܼܪܸܟ݂ ܠܝܼ (mbūriḵ lī)	ܡܒܘܼܪܸܟ݂ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (mbūriḵ lūḵ)	ܡܒܘܼܪܸܟ݂ ܠܹܗ (mbūriḵ lēh)	ܡܒܘܼܪܸܟ݂ ܠܲܢ (mbūriḵ lan)	ܡܒܘܼܪܸܟ݂ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mbūriḵ lāwḵōn)	ܡܒܘܼܪܸܟ݂ ܠܗܘܿܢ (mbūriḵ lhōn)
	f		ܡܒܘܼܪܸܟ݂ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (mbūriḵ lāḵ)	ܡܒܘܼܪܸܟ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ (mbūriḵ lāh)
non-past	m	ܡܒܲܪܟ݂ܸܢ (mbarḵin)	ܡܒܲܪܟ݂ܸܬ (mbarḵit)	ܡܒܲܪܸܟ݂ (mbarriḵ)	ܡܒܲܪܟ݂ܲܚ (mbarḵaḥ)	ܡܒܲܪܟ݂ܝܼܬܘܿܢ (mbarḵītōn)	ܡܒܲܪܟ݂ܝܼ (mbarḵī)
	f	ܡܒܲܪܟ݂ܲܢ (mbarḵan)	ܡܒܲܪܟ݂ܵܬܝ (mbarḵāt)	ܡܒܲܪܟ݂ܵܐ (mbarḵā)
imperative	m		ܒܲܪܸܟ݂ (barriḵ)			ܒܲܪܟ݂ܘܼܢ (barḵūn)
	f		ܒܲܪܸܟ݂ܝ (barriḵ)

• (passive) see → ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ (brīḵā)

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