ܒܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܒܝܬܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic בַּיְתָא‎ (bayṯā, bēṯā), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈbajtaː]
    IPA(key): [baːtteː] (plural)
  • (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]

Noun

ܒܲܝܬܵܐ • (baytā) m (plural ܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (bāttē))

  1. house, home

Declension

Derived terms

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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