ܒܬ

Probaby from ܒܥܹ ܕ‎ (“it is wished that”)

• ܒܸܕ‎

• (standard) IPA^(key): [bət]

ܒܸܬ (bit)

1. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense

   ‏ܐܵܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܐܵܙܹܠ݇ܢ ܠܡܲܕܪܵܫܬܵܐ ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ.‎‎ ― I will go to school tomorrow.

2. (auxiliary, used with past participle and verb inflected ܗܵܘܹܐ‎ (hawe)) Used to express the future anterior

   ‏ܐܵܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܝܢ ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕܵܐ ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ.‎‎ ― I will have finished it tomorrow.

3. (auxiliary, used with past participle and ܗ݇ܘܵܐ‎ (wa)) Used to express the conditional tense.

   ‏ܐܵܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܩܵܝܡܹܢ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܡܵܬܵܐ ܐܸܢ ܠܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܐܵܟ݂ܵܐ.‎‎ ― I would leave the village if you were not here.

4. (auxiliary, used with past participle and conditional of the verb inflected ܗܵܘܹܐ‎ (hawe)) Used to express the past conditional tense.

   ‏ܐܸܢ ܐܵܢܵܐ ܠܲܝܬ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܠܝܼ ܩܵܛܹ̈ܐ، ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܝܼ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܐ݇ܟ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܝܼ ܥܵܩܘܿܒܪ̈ܐ.‎‎ ― If I had not had cats, the rats would have eaten me.

• In Urmia: Sometimes ܒ‎ (b) is an invariable particle. Rarely used in Tyari and Ashiret where, before 'ܐ' or 'ܕ' alone is used
• In Tyari: ܕܐܵܙܹܠ‎ (d-azel, “he will go”)
• In Tyari, Zakho, Tur Abdin: ܓܸܕ‎ (gid)
• In Azerbaidjan: ܓܒܹܐ‎ (gbe)