ܒ-

Compare Arabic بِ-‎ (bi-), Hebrew בְּ־‎ (bə-).

• IPA^(key): [b(ə)-]
• IPA^(key): [ʔɪb-] (at starting speech or after a consonant and preceding /b/ or /p/)

ܒ-‎ • (b-)

1. various senses: in, on, upon, at, among, to, into, by, about, as, against, during

   ‏ܝܼܘܲܚ ܒܫܘܼܩܵܐ‎ ― We are at the market.

2. (instrumentally) with

   ‏ܡܠܝܼ ܠܵܗ̇ ܒܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ‎ ― Fill it with water.

3. Used after an adjective to indicate the superlative.

   ‏ܝܼܠܹܗ ܐܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܒܓܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ‎ ― He is the tallest of the men.

• IPA^(key): [bɪ-]
• IPA^(key): [biː] (preceding an initial unpronounced /ʔ/ or /j/)

ܒܸ-‎ • (bi-)

1. attached to progressive verbs

   ‏ܝܼܠܹܗ ܒܸܩܪܵܝܵܐ‎ ― īlēh biqrāyā ― He is reading.

   ‏ܝܼܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܒܸܩܪܵܝܵܐ‎ ― īwā biqrāyā ― He was reading.

   ‏ܒܸܕ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܒܸܩܪܵܝܵܐ‎ ― bid hāwē biqrāyā ― He will be reading; He is probably reading.

Compare Arabic بِ-‎ (bi-), Hebrew בְּ־‎ (bə-).

• IPA^(key): [b(ə)-] (preceding a consonant and vowel)
• IPA^(key): [ba-] (preceding a two-consonant cluster)

ܒ-‎ • (bə-, ba-)

1. various senses: in, on, upon, at, among, to, into, by, according to, for, because, about, as, against, during
2. (instrumentally) with
3. (with an adjective, forming a superlative) -est, most
4. (with a substantive, forming an adverb) -ly

Takes type-I suffixes.

• ܒ‎ (b)

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• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 23a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 33b-34a
• 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