ܒܝܥܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Alternative forms
- ܒܹܥܬ݂ܵܐ (bēˁṯā)
Etymology
From Aramaic בֵּיעְתָא (bēʿəṯā); cognate with Hebrew בֵּיצָה (betzá) and Arabic بَيْضَة (bayḍa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [be̝ʕə.θɑ]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [biːtɑː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [beːtɑː]
Noun
ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܵܐ • (bēˁṯā) m sg (plural ܒܹܝ̈ܥܹܐ (bēˁē) or ܒܹܝ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bēˁāṯā))
- egg
- (cytology) ovum, egg cell
- (slang, vulgar, in the plural) testicles, balls
- Synonym: ܐܸܫܟܵܐ (iškā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܒܹܝܥܵܐ (bēˁā) | 1st person | ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܝܼ (bēˁṯī) | ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܲܢ (bēˁṯan) | |||
| construct | ܒܹܝܥܲܬ݂ (bēˁaṯ) | 2nd person | ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (bēˁṯōḵ) | ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (bēˁṯāḵ) | ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bēˁṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܵܐ (bēˁṯā) | 3rd person | ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܹܗ (bēˁṯēh) | ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (bēˁṯāh) | ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (bēˁṯhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܒܹܝܥܝܼ̈ܢ (bēˁīn) | 1st person | ܒܹܝܥܝܼ̈ (bēˁī) | ܒܹܝܥܲܢ̈ (bēˁan) | |||
| construct | ܒܹܝܥܲܝ̈ (bēˁay) | 2nd person | ܒܹܝܥܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (bēˁōḵ) | ܒܹܝܥܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (bēˁāḵ) | ܒܹܝܥܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bēˁawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܒܹܝ̈ܥܹܐ (bēˁē) | 3rd person | ܒܹܝ̈ܥܘܼܗܝ (bēˁūh) | ܒܹܝ̈ܥܘܼܗ̇ (bēˁōh) | ܒܹܝܥܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (bēˁayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܒܹܝܥܬ݂ܵܢܵܐ (bēˁṯānā, “oval”)
- ܡܒܲܝܥܵܢܵܐ (mbayˁānā, “ovary”)
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܒܥܬܐ (bēʿṯā)
Etymology
Cognate with Hebrew בֵּיצָה (bēṣā) and Arabic بَيْض (bayḍ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [be̝ʕ(ə)θɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [be̝ʕe], [be̝ʕɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܒܝܥܬܐ • (bēʿṯā) f (plural ܒܝܥܬܐ (bēʿāṯā) or ܒܝܥܐ (bēʿē))
Usage notes
Usually, the plural ܒܝܥܐ (bêʿē) is used for the literal sense of "eggs" while ܒܝܥܬܐ (bêʿāṯā) is used for other senses.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܒܝܥܐ | 1st person | ܒܝܥܝ | ܒܝܥܢ | |||
| construct | ܒܝܥܬ | 2nd person | ܒܝܥܟ | ܒܝܥܟܝ | ܒܝܥܟܘܢ | ܒܝܥܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܒܝܥܗ | ܒܝܥܗ | ܒܝܥܗܘܢ | ܒܝܥܗܝܢ | |||
| plural | absolute | ܒܝܥܢ ,ܒܝܥܝܢ | 1st person | ܒܝܥܬܝ ,ܒܝܥܝ | ܒܝܥܬܢ ,ܒܝܥܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܒܝܥܬ ,ܒܝܥܝ | 2nd person | ܒܝܥܬܟ ,ܒܝܥܝܟ | ܒܝܥܬܟܝ ,ܒܝܥܝܟܝ | ܒܝܥܬܟܘܢ ,ܒܝܥܝܟܘܢ | ܒܝܥܬܟܝܢ ,ܒܝܥܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ,ܒܝܥܐ | 3rd person | ܒܝܥܬܗ ,ܒܝܥܘܗܝ | ܒܝܥܬܗ ,ܒܝܥܝܗ | ܒܝܥܬܗܘܢ ,ܒܝܥܝܗܘܢ | ܒܝܥܬܗܝܢ ,ܒܝܥܝܗܝܢ | ||
Descendants
- → Arabic: بِيعَة (bīʕa)
- → Ottoman Turkish: بیعه (biʼa)
- → Old South Arabian: 𐩨𐩲𐩩 (bʿt, “church”)
See also
References
- “byˁh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 26 August 2011
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 29a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 42b–43a
- 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 143a