ܒܝܥܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology
ܒܝܥܬܐ

From Aramaic בֵּיעְתָא (bēʿəṯā); cognate with Hebrew בֵּיצָה (betzá) and Arabic بَيْضَة (bayḍa).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [be̝ʕə.θɑ]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [biːtɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [beːtɑː]

Noun

ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܵܐ • (bēˁṯā) m sg (plural ܒܹܝܥܹ̈ܐ (bēˁē) or ܒܹܝܥܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (bēˁāṯē))

  1. egg
  2. (cytology) ovum, egg cell
  3. (slang, vulgar, in the plural) testicles, balls
    Synonym: ܐܸܫܟܬ݂ܵܐ (iškṯā)

Inflection
Inflection of ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܵܐ (bēˁṯā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܝܼ
(bēˁṯī)		 ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܲܢ
(bēˁṯan)
construct ܒܹܝܥܲܬ݂
(bēˁaṯ)		 2nd person ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂
(bēˁṯūḵ)		 ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ
(bēˁṯāḵ)		 ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(bēˁṯāwḵōn)
emphatic ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܵܐ
(bēˁṯā)		 3rd person ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܹܗ
(bēˁṯēh)		 ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܵܗ̇
(bēˁṯāh)		 ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ
(bēˁṯhōn)
plural absolute – 1st person ܒܹܝܥܝܼ̈
(bēˁī)		 ܒܹܝܥܲܢ̈
(bēˁan)
construct ܒܹܝܥܲܝ̈
(bēˁay)		 2nd person ܒܹܝܥܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(bēˁūḵ)		 ܒܹܝܥܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(bēˁāḵ)		 ܒܹܝܥܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(bēˁāwḵōn)
emphatic ܒܹܝܥܹ̈ܐ
(bēˁē)		 3rd person ܒܹܝܥܘܼ̈ܗܝ
(bēˁūh)		 ܒܹܝܥ̈ܘܿܗ̇
(bēˁōh)		 ܒܹܝܥܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(bēˁhōn)

Derived terms
  • ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܵܢܵܐ (bēˁṯānā, “oval”)
  • ܡܒܲܝܥܵܢܵܐ (mbayˁānā, “ovary”)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew בֵּיצָה (bēṣā) and Arabic بَيْض (bayḍ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [be̝ʕ(ə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [be̝ʕe], [be̝ʕɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܒܝܥܬܐ • (bēʿṯā) f (plural ܒܝܥܬܐ (bēʿāṯā) or ܒܝܥܐ (bēʿē))

  1. egg
  2. skull, crown
  3. testicles
  4. arch

Usage notes

Usually, the plural ܒܝܥܐ (bêʿēʾ) is used for the literal sense of "eggs" while ܒܝܥܬܐ (bêʿāṯā) is used for other senses.

Inflection
    declension of ܒܝܥܬܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܒܝܥܐ ܒܝܥܢ ,ܒܝܥܝܢ
construct ܒܝܥܬ ܒܝܥܬ ,ܒܝܥܝ
emphatic ܒܝܥܬܐ ܒܝܥܬܐ ,ܒܝܥܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܒܝܥܝ ܒܝܥܬܝ ,ܒܝܥܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܒܝܥܟ ܒܝܥܬܟ ,ܒܝܥܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܒܝܥܟܝ ܒܝܥܬܟܝ ,ܒܝܥܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܒܝܥܗ ܒܝܥܬܗ ,ܒܝܥܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܒܝܥܗ ܒܝܥܬܗ ,ܒܝܥܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܒܝܥܢ ܒܝܥܬܢ ,ܒܝܥܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܒܝܥܟܘܢ ܒܝܥܬܟܘܢ ,ܒܝܥܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܒܝܥܟܝܢ ܒܝܥܬܟܝܢ ,ܒܝܥܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܒܝܥܗܘܢ ܒܝܥܬܗܘܢ ,ܒܝܥܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܒܝܥܗܝܢ ܒܝܥܬܗܝܢ ,ܒܝܥܝܗܝܢ

Descendants
  • → Arabic: بِيعَة (bīʕa)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: بیعه (biʼa)
  • → Old South Arabian: 𐩨𐩲𐩩 (bʿt, “church”)

See also

References
  • “byˁh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-26
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 29a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 42b-43a
  • 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, page 143a
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