ܒܝܬ ܐܣܝܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܒܝܬ ܐܣܝܪ̈ܐ

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [betː‿a.siːreː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [beθː‿a.siːreː]

Noun

ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ‎ • (bēt assīrē) m (plural ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ‎ (bātay assīrē))

  1. prison, jail
    ‏ܥܲܢܵܬܵܐ ܦܝܼܫܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܕܸܪܝܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܒܘܼܬ ܩܸܛܠܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܕܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܡܕܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡ ܡ̣ܢ ܚܕܵܐ ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ.‎‎
    ʿannātā pīšā īwā diryā gāw bēt assīrē but qiṭlā d-ʿwīdā īwā gāw mdītā qam mīn ḳdā šētā.
    The criminal had been thrown in prison for a murder committed in the city a year ago.

Declension

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܒܝܬ‎ (bêṯ, “house of”) +‎ ܐܣܝܪܐ‎ (ʾassīrē(ʾ), “prisoners”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [be(j)θ ʔassire(ʔ)]

Noun

ܒܝܬ ܐܣܝܪܐ‎ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܝܬ ܐܣܝܪܐ or ܒܬܝ ܐܣܝܪܐ‎)

  1. prison

References

  • “byt**ˀsyrˀ”, 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. 16a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 43b
  • 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. 145b
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