ܒܘܪܟܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܒ ܪ ܟ (b r k)
6 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of ܡܒܲܪܸܟ݂ (mbarriḵ, to bless).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [burraːxaː]

Noun

ܒܘܼܪܵܟ݂ܵܐ • (burrāḵā) m (plural ܒܘܼܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܹܐ (būrāḵē))

  1. benediction
  2. blessing
  3. part of the wedding ritual where the groom and bride are blessed and married in a church by a priest.

Inflection

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *birk-, *bark- (knee).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [burkɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [burke(ʔ)], [burkɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܘܪܟܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܒܘܪܟܬܐ or ܒܘܪܟܐ)

  1. (anatomy) knee
  2. kneeling, genuflection/genuflexion
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܒ-ܪ-ܟ (b-r-k) related to blessing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [burrɑxɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [burrɑxe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܘܪܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܘܪܟܐ)

  1. benediction
  2. blessing, gift
  3. good
Inflection

Etymology 3

From early Middle Persian *bōrak. See Persian بوره (bure).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bur(ə)xɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܒܘܪܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. borax
  2. niter/nitre
Inflection

Further reading

  • brk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • bwrk”, 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. 38a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 39b
  • 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. 131a-b
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