ܒܝܥܬܐ

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

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, page 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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