ܒܪܐ

Compare Arabic بَرَأَ‎ (baraʔa) and Hebrew בָּרָא‎ (bará).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [bɑːreː]

ܒܵܪܹܐ • (bārē) (present participle ܒܪܵܝܵܐ‎ (brāyā), past participle ܒܸܪܝܵܐ‎ (biryā))

1. to create

   Synonym: ܥܵܒ݂ܹܕ݂‎ (ʿāḇēḏ)

   ‏ܡܲܚܵܪܵܐ ܘܐܲܪܕܹܝܟ݂ܠܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܬܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܝܼ ܨܲܠܡܹ̈ܐ، ܚܲܪܬܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܢܝܼ.‎‎

   maḥḥārā w-ardēḵlā qamtā kē bārī ṣalmē, ḥartā kē bānī.

   The engineer and architect create images first, then they build.

   • Genesis 1:1:

     ‏ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܠܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܘܠܐܲܪܥܵܐ‎

     brāšit brē lēh allāhā l-šmayyā w-l-arʿā

     In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

   • Genesis 1:27:

     ‏ܘܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܠܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ ܒܨܲܠܡܹܗ؛ ܒܨܲܠܡܵܐ ܕܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܸܠܹܗ؛ ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܐ ܘܢܸܩܒ݂ܵܐ ܒܸܪܝܵܗܝ ܠܹܗ.‎‎

     w-brē lēh allāhā l-barnāšā b-ṣalmēh; bṣalmā d-allāhā brē lēh illēh; diḵrā w-niqḇā biryāh lēh.

     So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

2. to plant, to establish

   Synonyms: ܢܵܨܹܒ݂‎ (nāṣēḇ), ܫܲܬܐܸܣ‎ (šatʾis)

3. to work, to function

   Synonym: ܦܵܠܹܚ‎ (pālēḥ)

   ‏ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܲܢ ܠܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܸܒܪܵܝܵܐ‎‎

   prāsḥizwan lā ìlēh bibrāyā

   Our television isn’t working.

4. to be permissible, to be allowed (only in the phrase ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܹܐ‎ (kē bārē)

   ‏ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܹܐ ܕܫܵܩܠܹܢ ܠܵܗ̇܉‎‎

   Is it allowed for me to take it?

   1. to not be permissible, to not be allowed (only in the phrase ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܹܐ‎ (lā kē bārē)

      ‏ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܹܐ ܕܥܵܒ݂ܪܲܚ ܬܵܡܵܐ‎

      lā kē bārē dʿāḇraḥ tāmā

      It’s not allowed for us to enter there.

5. (colloquial) to happen

   Synonym: ܗܵܘܹܐ‎ (hāwē)

   ‏ܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܪܵܝܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܕܗ̇ܘ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ؟‎‎

   mā ìlēh brāyā gāw d-awa baytā?

   What is going on in the house?

6. (colloquial) to be born

   Synonyms: ܝܵܠܹܕ‎ (yālēd), ܗܵܘܹܐ‎ (hāwē)

7. (colloquial) to grow

   Synonyms: ܪܵܒ݂ܹܐ‎ (rāḇē), ܓܲܪܘܸܣ‎ (garwis)

   ‏ܐ݇ܟ݂ܘܿܠ ܕܒܵܪܹܝܬ‎‎ ― ḵol dbārēt ― Eat so that you may grow.

From Aramaic בְּרָא‎ (bərā), from Proto-Semitic *bin-.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [brɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔub.rɑː], [brɑː]

ܒܪܵܐ • (brā) m (plural ܒ̈ܢܲܝܵܐ‎ (bnayyā), feminine ܒܪܵܬܵܐ‎ (brātā))

1. son (a boy or man in relation to either or both of his parents)

• ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ‎ (bronā)

From Proto-Semitic *bin-.

• IPA^(key): [b(ə)rɑ(ʔ)]

ܒܪܐ • (brā) m (plural ܒܢܝܐ‎, singular feminine counterpart ܒܪܬܐ‎)

1. son
2. young (of an animal)
3. descendant, scion
4. follower, disciple, partisan
5. member, companion
6. (in the plural) freemen

• ܒܪܘܢܐ‎

• → Hebrew: בר‎

From Proto-Semitic *barr-. Cognate with Arabic بَرّ‎ (barr) and Hebrew בַּר‎ (bar).

• IPA^(key): [barrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [barre(ʔ)] (plural)

ܒܪܐ • (barrā) m (plural ܒܪܐ)

1. field, wild, open country
2. outside, outdoors
3. external part, outer side

• ܓܘܐ‎

• Hebrew: בר מינן‎

ܒܪܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܒܪܘܬܐ‎ or ܒܪܬܐ‎ or ܒܪܐ)

1. Alternative spelling of ܒܐܪܐ‎

• “br”, 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. 36a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 53a
• 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. 177b