ܒܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Unknown; compare Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ), Persian بت (bat) and Old Armenian բադ (bad).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [batˤtˤɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [batˤtˤe] (plural)

Noun

ܒܛܐ • (baṭṭām (plural ܒܛܐ)

  1. duck, drake
Inflection
Inflection of ܒܛܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܒܛ 1st person ܒܛܝ ܒܛܢ
construct ܒܛ 2nd person ܒܛܟ ܒܛܟܝ ܒܛܟܘܢ ܒܛܟܝܢ
emphatic ܒܛܐ 3rd person ܒܛܗ ܒܛܗ ܒܛܗܘܢ ܒܛܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܒܛܝܢ 1st person ܒܛܝ ܒܛܝܢ
construct ܒܛܝ 2nd person ܒܛܝܟ ܒܛܝܟܝ ܒܛܝܟܘܢ ܒܛܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܒܛܐ 3rd person ܒܛܘܗܝ ܒܛܝܗ ܒܛܝܗܘܢ ܒܛܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɛtˤtˤɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [bɛtˤtˤe] (plural)

Noun

ܒܛܐ • (beṭṭām (plural ܒܛܐ)

  1. spark from red-hot coal or iron
Inflection
Inflection of ܒܛܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܒܛ 1st person ܒܛܝ ܒܛܢ
construct ܒܛ 2nd person ܒܛܟ ܒܛܟܝ ܒܛܟܘܢ ܒܛܟܝܢ
emphatic ܒܛܐ 3rd person ܒܛܗ ܒܛܗ ܒܛܗܘܢ ܒܛܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܒܛܝܢ 1st person ܒܛܝ ܒܛܝܢ
construct ܒܛܝ 2nd person ܒܛܝܟ ܒܛܝܟܝ ܒܛܝܟܘܢ ܒܛܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܒܛܐ 3rd person ܒܛܘܗܝ ܒܛܝܗ ܒܛܝܗܘܢ ܒܛܝܗܝܢ

References

  • bṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 16 May 2011
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 125
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 28a
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, pages 21–22
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 41a–b
  • 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 136b