ܒܢܝܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܒ ܢ ܐ (b n ˀ)
4 terms

Etymology

Compare Arabic بُنْيَان (bunyān), بِنَايَة (bināya) and Hebrew בִּנְיָן (binyán).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [bɪnjɑːnɑː]

Noun

ܒܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ • (binyānā) m (plural ܒܸܢܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ (binyānē))

  1. building, edifice
    ܐ݇ܣܝܼܩ ܠܝܼ ܠܒܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܒܕܸܦܢܵܐ ܕܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ.
    sīq lī l-binyānā b-dipnā d-maḵtḇē.
    I went up to the building next to the offices.
    • Ephesians 2:21:
      ܒܝܼܹܗ ܟܠܹܗ ܒܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܦܝܼܫܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܐ݇ܣܝܼܪܵܐ ܒܸܚܕܵܕܹܐ، ܘܟܹܐ ܓܲܪܘܸܣ ܕܗܵܘܹܐ ܚܲܕ݇ ܗܲܝܟܠܵܐ ܡܩܘܼܕܫܵܐ ܒܡܵܪܝܵܐ.
      bīyēh kullēh binyānā pīšā ìlēh sīrā biḥdādē, w-kē garwis d-hāwē ḥa hayklā mqudšā b-māryā.
      In him the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
  2. (by extension) apartment building, residential building
    ܬܵܙܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܒܸܢܝܵܐ ܗ̇ܘ ܒܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܘܚܲܕ݇ܪܹܝܫܵܐ ܟܠܵܝܗܝ ܡܲܫܟܢܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܙܘܼܒܢܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ.
    tāzā ìnā binyā awa binyānā w-ḥarrēšā kullāyh mašknātē zubnē ìnā.
    They just built that building and it was immediately sold out.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܒܸܢܝܵܢ ܡܲܫܟܢܵܬܹ̈ܐ (binyān mašknātē, apartment building)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܒ-ܢ-ܐ (b-n-ʾ) related to building. Compare Arabic بُنْيَان (bunyān) and Hebrew בִּנְיָן (binyān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɛnjɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [bɛnjɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܢܝܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܢܝܢܐ)

  1. building, edifice
  2. (figuratively) upbuilding, edification; instruction

Inflection

References

  • bnyn”, 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. 162b
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