ܒܢܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܒ ܢ ܐ (b n ˀ)
4 terms

Professional noun from ܒܵܢܹܐ (bānē, to build); compare Arabic بَانٍ (bānin) and Hebrew בַּנַּאי (banái).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [bannaːjaː]

Noun

ܒܲܢܵܝܵܐ • (bannāyā) m (plural ܒܲܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (bannāyē), feminine ܒܲܢܵܝܬܵܐ (bannāytā))

  1. builder, constructor (worker who constructs or repairs houses or develops a particular thing)
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [bnaːjaː]

Noun

ܒܢܵܝܵܐ • (bnāyā) m

  1. verbal noun of ܒܵܢܹܐ (bānē) construction

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bnaːjaː] (present participle)
  • IPA(key): [bɪnjaː] (past participle)

Verb

ܒܢܵܝܵܐ • (bnāyā)

  1. present participle of ܒܵܢܹܐ (bānē)

Adjective

ܒܸܢܝܵܐ • (binyā) (feminine ܒܢܝܼܬܵܐ (bnītā), plural ܒܸܢܝܹ̈ܐ (binyē))

  1. past participle of ܒܵܢܹܐ (bānē)

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [bnajjaː]

Noun

ܒܢܲܝ̈ܵܐ • (bnayyā) m

  1. plural of ܒܪܵܐ (brā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܒ-ܢ-ܐ (b-n-ʾ) related to building. Compare Arabic بَانِي (bānī) and Hebrew בַּנַּאי (bannaʾy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bannɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [bannɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܢܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܢܝܐ)

  1. builder, founder, constructor
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܒ-ܢ-ܐ (b-n-ʾ) related to building.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [b(ə)nɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [b(ə)nɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܢܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܢܝܐ)

  1. building, erecting, constructing
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [b(ə)najjɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܒܢܝܐ • (transliteration needed)

  1. emphatic plural of ܒܪܐ

References

  • bny”, 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. 32a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 48a
  • 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. 162a

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