ܒܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Matches Ancient Greek βύνη (búnē, “malt”). Plausibly a technical term from Proto-Iranian *buHnáh, Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰudʰnás (“ground”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bunɑ]

Noun

ܒܘܢܐ • (būnā) m

  1. barley soaked in water

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܘܢܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܒܘܢ 1st person ܒܘܢܝ ܒܘܢܢ
construct ܒܘܢ 2nd person ܒܘܢܟ ܒܘܢܟܝ ܒܘܢܟܘܢ ܒܘܢܟܝܢ
emphatic ܒܘܢܐ 3rd person ܒܘܢܗ ܒܘܢܗ ܒܘܢܗܘܢ ܒܘܢܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܒܘܢܝܢ 1st person ܒܘܢܝ ܒܘܢܝܢ
construct ܒܘܢܝ 2nd person ܒܘܢܝܟ ܒܘܢܝܟܝ ܒܘܢܝܟܘܢ ܒܘܢܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܒܘܢܐ 3rd person ܒܘܢܘܗܝ ܒܘܢܝܗ ܒܘܢܝܗܘܢ ܒܘܢܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

  • → Arabic: بُنّ (bunn, “coffee bean”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • “bwnˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 63a
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, →DOI, page 373
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