ܒܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܒ ܘ ܬ (b w t)
1 term
ܒܝܬܐ

From Aramaic בַּיְתָּא (baytā), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-; compare Arabic بَيْت (bayt), Hebrew בַּיִת (báyit) and Akkadian 𒂍 (bītum).

Pronunciation

  • ܒܲܝܬܵܐ:
    • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈbajtaː]
    • (Ashiret) IPA(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
    • (Bohtan) IPA(key): [ˈbaːtaː]
    • (Hertevin) IPA(key): [ˈbeːtaː]
    • (Jilu) IPA(key): [ˈbiːjaː]
    • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
    • (Sanandaj) IPA(key): [ˈbeːsaː]
    • (Tkhuma) IPA(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
    • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ˈbeːtaː]
    • (Walto) IPA(key): [ˈbaːʃaː]
  • ܒܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ:
    • (standard) IPA(key): [bəjɑːθɑː]

Noun

ܒܲܝܬܵܐ • (baytā) m sg (plural ܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ (bāttē) or ܒܵܬܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (bātwātē) or ܒܲܝ̈ܬܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (baytawwāṯā) or ܒܲܝܬ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (baytwāṯā) or ܒܵܬܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bātānē) or ܒܲܝ̈ܬܵܢܹܐ (baytānē))

  1. house, home
  2. (in the construct state, in compounds) room, chamber, cell, place, location, area
  3. (astronomy) house, mansion, station

Inflection

Derived terms

Verb

ܒܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (byāṯā)

  1. present participle of ܒܵܐܹܬ݂ (bāˀēṯ)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈbaj.tɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbaj.tɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbɑj.to]

Noun

ܒܝܬܐ • (baytā) m (plural ܒܬܐ (bāttē))

  1. house, home
  2. temple, church
  3. room, chamber, cell
  4. stable
  5. hive
  6. vessel, receptacle, urn, case
  7. verse, stanza, introit, strophe, hymn
  8. (medicine) seat, base (of a humor/humour)
  9. (astronomy) house, mansion, station
  10. (in compounds) companions, followers, servants; sect
  11. (in compounds with a gentilic name) land, country; people, nation, race, tribe, class
  12. (in compounds marking familial descendance) family

Inflection

Irregular singular absolute form in ܒܝ (bay) as well as an irregular plural form.

References

  • by”, 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-b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 43a-b
  • 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, pages 144b-145a
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