ܒܝܬ ܟܪܝܗܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܒܝܬ ܟܪ̈ܝܗܐ

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [betː‿kriːheː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [betː‿t͡ʃriːheː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [beθː‿kriːheː]

Noun

ܒܹܝܬ ܟܪ̈ܝܼܗܹܐ‎ • (bēt krīhē) m (plural ܒܵܬܲܝ ܟܪ̈ܝܼܗܹܐ‎ (bātay krīhē))

  1. hospital
    ‏ܫܲܟܘܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ ܪܲܕܵܝܬܵܐ ܕܟܪ̈ܝܼܗܹܐ ܐ݇ܬܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܒܓ̰ܲܠܕܘܼܬܵܐ ܘܣܘܼܪܗܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܼܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܠܒܹܝܬ ܟܪ̈ܝܼܗܹܐ.‎‎
    šakurāʾīt radāytā d-krīhē tēlāh b-jaldutā w-surhīwā ìwā l-bēt-krīhē.
    Thankfully an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital.

Inflection

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܒܝܬ‎ (bēṯ, “house of”) + ܟܪܝܗܐ‎ (k(ə)rīhē, “the sick”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [be(j)θ k(ə)rihe]

Noun

ܒܝܬ ܟܪܝܗܐ‎ • (bēṯ krīhē) m (plural ܒܬܝ ܟܪܝܗܐ‎ (bāttī krīhē))

  1. hospital
    Synonym: ܢܣܩܡܝܘܢ‎

References

  • “byt**kryhˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 44a
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