ܒܪܘܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Originally meant “little son”, from Aramaic בְּרוֹנָא (bərōnā), the diminuitive of בְּרָא (bərā), from Proto-Semitic *bin-. Compare Arabic اِبْن (ibn) and Hebrew בֵּן (ben).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [broːnɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [bruːnɑː]

Noun

ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ (bronā) m (plural ܒܢܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ (bnonē), feminine ܒܪܵܬܵܐ (brātā))

  1. son (boy or man in relation to his parents)
  2. (archaic or literary) little son

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܒܪܘܿܢܘܼܬܵܐ (bronutā, sonship)
  • ܒܪܘܿܢܘܿܢܵܐ (brononā)

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Diminutive of ܒܪܐ (b(ə)rā(ʾ), son).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [b(ə)ronɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܒܪܘܢܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܢܝܘܢܐ)

  1. little son
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɛrronɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [bɛrrone(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܪܘܢܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܪܘܢܐ)

  1. Alternative form of ܒܝܪܘܢܐ
Inflection

References

  • brwn”, 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. 37a, b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 55a
  • 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. 187a
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