ܒܬܘܠܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܒܬܘܠܐ (b(ə)ṯūlā, “virgin”) +‎ -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā, abstract noun ending). Compare Arabic بَتُولِيَّة (batūliyya) and Hebrew בְּתוּלִים (bəṯûlîm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [b(ə)θuluθɑ]

Noun

ܒܬܘܠܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)

  1. virginity, celibacy, chastity

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܬܘܠܘܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܒܬܘܠܘ 1st person ܒܬܘܠܘܬܝ ܒܬܘܠܘܬܢ
construct ܒܬܘܠܘܬ 2nd person ܒܬܘܠܘܬܟ ܒܬܘܠܘܬܟܝ ܒܬܘܠܘܬܟܘܢ ܒܬܘܠܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܒܬܘܠܘܬܐ 3rd person ܒܬܘܠܘܬܗ ܒܬܘܠܘܬܗ ܒܬܘܠܘܬܗܘܢ ܒܬܘܠܘܬܗܝܢ

References

  • “btwlw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 38b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 57a
  • 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 195b
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