ܒܘܚܪܢܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܒ-ܚ-ܪ (b-ḥ-r), related to examining; compare Arabic بُحْرَان (buḥrān).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [buħˈrɑ.nɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [buxˈrɑ.nɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [buħˈro.no]
Noun
ܒܘܚܪܢܐ • (būḥrānā) m (plural ܒܘܚܪܢܐ (būḥrānē))
- test, trial, proving, visitation
- attack, turning point, decisive moment
- (medicine) crisis
- torture, affliction
- crucible
Inflection
inflection of ܒܘܚܪܢܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܒܘܚܪܢ | ܒܘܚܪܢܝܢ |
| construct | ܒܘܚܪܢ | ܒܘܚܪܢܝ |
| emphatic | ܒܘܚܪܢܐ | ܒܘܚܪܢܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܒܘܚܪܢܝ | ܒܘܚܪܢܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܒܘܚܪܢܟ | ܒܘܚܪܢܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܒܘܚܪܢܟܝ | ܒܘܚܪܢܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܒܘܚܪܢܗ | ܒܘܚܪܢܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܒܘܚܪܢܗ | ܒܘܚܪܢܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܒܘܚܪܢܢ | ܒܘܚܪܢܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܒܘܚܪܢܟܘܢ | ܒܘܚܪܢܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܒܘܚܪܢܟܝܢ | ܒܘܚܪܢܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܒܘܚܪܢܗܘܢ | ܒܘܚܪܢܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܒܘܚܪܢܗܝܢ | ܒܘܚܪܢܝܗܝܢ |
References
- “bwḥrn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-10
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 27b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 37b
- 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, page 125a-b