ܒܝܬ

From Aramaic בית‎, Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤁𐤕‎ (bt, “house; letter beth”), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-; compare Hebrew בֵּית‎ (béit), Arabic بَاء‎ (bāʔ).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːt]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ˈbiːt]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːθ]

ܒܹܝܬ • (bēt) f

1. beth: second letter of the Syriac alphabet

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• ܒ-‎ (b-)

A contraction of ܒܝܢܬ‎ (baynāṯ, “among, between”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːt]

ܒܹܝܬ • (bēt)

1. between

• ܒܹܝܬ ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ‎ (bēt nahrin, “Mesopotamia”)
• ܒܹܝܬ݇ܢܝܼܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ‎ (bēnīsānē, “spring”)

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːt]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːθ]

ܒܹܝܬ • (bēt) (plural ܒܵܬܲܝ̈‎ (bātay))

1. construct state singular of ܒܲܝܬܵܐ‎ (baytā)

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈbiː]

ܒܝܼܬ݇ • (bī)

1. construct state singular of ܒܲܝܬܵܐ‎ (baytā) used before first or last names to signify said person’s family

   ‏ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܒܸܕ ܐܵܙܲܠ݇ܚ ܠܒܝܼܬ݇ ܫܲܡܝܼܪܵܡ؟‎‎

   īman bid āzaḥ lbī šamīrām?

   When are we going to [visit] Shammiram’s family?

   ‏ܒܸܕ ܐܵܙܲܠ݇ܚ ܠܒܝܼܬ݇ ܢܵܢܵܐ‎

   bid āzaḥ lbī nānā

   We’re going to [visit] grandma’s family.

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤁𐤕‎ (bt, “house; letter beth”), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-; compare Hebrew בֵּית‎ (bêṯ).

• ܒܝܬܐ‎ (bēṯā)

• (Classical Edessan, Eastern Syriac, Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbeθ]

ܒܝܬ • (bēṯ) f (plural ܒܝܬܝܢ‎ (bēṯyen))

1. beth, second letter of the Syriac alphabet

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• ܒ‎ (b)

• (Classical Edessan, Eastern Syriac, Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [beθ]

ܒܝܬ • (bēṯ)

1. construct state singular of ܒܝܬܐ‎

A contraction of ܒܝܢܬ‎ (baynāṯ, “among, between”).

• (Classical Edessan, Eastern Syriac, Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbeθ]

ܒܝܬ • (bēṯ)

1. Alternative form of ܒܝܢܬ‎ (baynāṯ)

Unlike the uncontracted form, this form does not take pronominal suffixes.

• “by²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-26
• “byt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-26
• Coakley, J. F. (2013) Robinson's Paradigms and Exercises in Syriac Grammar, 6th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 31
• 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 33a, 43a, 44b
• 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 114a