ܒܒܥܘ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܒ ܥ ܐ (b ˁ ˀ)
4 terms

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from ܒ- (bə-, in, by) +‎ ܒܥܘ (bāʿū, a petition), absolute form of ܒܥܘܬܐ (bāʿūṯā).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [bəwɑːʕuː]

Interjection

ܒܒ݂ܵܥܘܼ • (bḇāˁū)

  1. please said in expressing a request

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܒ- (bə-, in, by) + ܒܥܘ (bāʿū, a petition), absolute form of ܒܥܘܬܐ (bāʿūṯā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [b(ə)vɑʕu]

Adverb

ܒܒܥܘ • (bə-ḇāʿū)

  1. please, pray

See also

  • ܢܝ ()

References

  • bbˁw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 1 October 2014
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 34a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 34b
  • 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, →ISBN, page 169a