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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