ܒܢܝܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܒ ܢ ܐ (b n ʾ)
3 terms

Etymology

Compare Arabic بُنْيَان (bunyān) and Hebrew בִּנְיָן (binyán).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [bɪjaːnaː]

Noun

ܒܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ (binyānā) m (plural ܒܸܢܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ (binyānē))

  1. building, edifice
    ܐ݇ܣܝܼܩ ܠܝܼ ܠܒܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܒܕܸܦܢܵܐ ܕܒܹܝܬ ܡܲܟܠܝܵܐ.
    siq lī lbinyānā bdipnā dbēt maklyā.
    I went up to the building next to the parking lot.
    • Ephesians 2:21:
      ܒܝܼܹܗ ܟܠܹܗ ܒܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܦܝܼܫܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܐ݇ܣܝܼܪܵܐ ܒܥܘܼܕܵܠܹܐ، ܘܟܹܐ ܓܲܪܘܸܣ ܕܗܵܘܹܐ ܚܲܕ݇ ܗܲܝܟܠܵܐ ܡܩܘܼܕܫܵܐ ܒܡܵܪܝܵܐ.
      bīyēh kullēh binyānā pīšā ìlēh sīrā bʿudālē, w-kē garwis dhāwē ḥa hayklā mqudšā bmāryā.
      In him the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

Declension

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܒ-ܢ-ܐ (b-n-ʾ) related to building. Compare Arabic بُنْيَان (bunyān) and Hebrew בִּנְיָן (binyān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɛnjɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [bɛnjɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܢܝܢܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܢܝܢܐ)

  1. building, edifice
  2. (figuratively) upbuilding, edification; instruction

Inflection

References

  • bnyn”, 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. 32a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 48a
  • 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. 162b
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