ܒܝܬܐ

ܒܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܒܝܬܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic בַּיְתָא‎ (bayṯā, bēṯā), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈbajtaː]

  IPA^(key): [baːtteː] (plural)

• (Ashiret) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
• (Bohtan) IPA^(key): [ˈbaːtaː]
• (Hertevin) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːtaː]
• (Jilu) IPA^(key): [ˈbiːjaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
• (Sanandaj) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːsaː]
• (Tkhuma) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːtaː]
• (Walto) IPA^(key): [ˈbaːʃaː]

Noun

ܒܲܝܬܵܐ • (baytā) m (plural ܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (bāttē))

1. house, home

Declension

Inflection of ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (baytā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	-‎ (-)	1st person	ܒܲܝܬܝܼ‎ (baytī)		ܒܲܝܬܲܢ‎ (baytan)
	construct	ܒܹܝܬ‎ (bēt)	2nd person	ܒܲܝܬܘܼܟ݂‎ (baytuḵ)	ܒܲܝܬܵܟ݂ܝ‎ (baytāḵ)	ܒܲܝܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ‎ (baytāwḵon)
	emphatic	ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (baytā)	3rd person	ܒܲܝܬܹܗ‎ (baytēh)	ܒܲܝܬܘܿܗ̇‎ (baytoh)	ܒܲܝܬܗܘܿܢ‎ (baython)
plural	absolute	-‎ (-)	1st person	ܒܵܬܝܼ̈‎ (bātī)		ܒܵܬܲܢ̈‎ (bātan)
	construct	ܒܵܬܲܝ̈‎ (bātay)	2nd person	ܒܵܬܘܼ̈ܟ݂‎ (bātuḵ)	ܒܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ̈‎ (bātāḵ)	ܒܵܬܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ‎ (bātāwḵon)
	emphatic	ܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (bāttē)	3rd person	ܒܵܬܘܼ̈ܗܝ‎ (bātuh)	ܒܵܬ̈ܘܿܗ̇‎ (bātoh)	ܒܵܬܗ̈ܘܿܢ‎ (bāthon)

Derived terms

• ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ‎ (bēt assīrē, “prison”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܦܵܝܹ̈ܐ‎ (bēt appāyē, “bakery”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܹܐ‎ (bēt ārke, “library”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܒܝܼܠܕܵܪܵܐ‎ (bēt bīldara, “post office”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܕܝܼܢܵܐ‎ (bēt dīna, “courthouse”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܕܸܪ̈ܡܵܝܹܐ‎ (bēt dirmaye, “pharmacy, chemist”)
• ܒܲܝܬܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (baytuta, “family”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܚܸܙܘܵܢܹ̈ܐ‎ (bēt ḳizwane, “theatre”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܛܲܘܣܵܐ‎ (bēt ṭāwsa, “airport”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܝܘܼܠܦܵܢܵܐ‎ (bēt yulpana, “training center”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܟܪ̈ܝܼܗܹܐ‎ (bēt krīhe, “hospital”)
• ܒܹܝܬܠܚܸܡ‎ (bētlḳim, “Bethlehem”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܡܕܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ‎ (bēt mdīta, “town hall, city hall”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܡܲܛܥܲܡܬܵܐ‎ (bēt māṭʿāmta, “restaurant”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܡܲܟ̰ܡܲܥܬܵܐ‎ (bēt māčmāʿta, “fire station”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܨܵܘܒܹ̈ܐ‎ (bēt ṣawbe, “university”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܩܒ݂ܘܼܪܹ̈ܐ‎ (bēt qwure, “graveyard, cemetery”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܩܲܗܘܵܐ‎ (bēt qāhwa, “café, coffee shop”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ‎ (bēt šurṭa, “police station”)
• ܒܹܝܬ ܬܲܓܘܼܪܬܵܐ‎ (bēt tāgurta, “shopping center”)

 

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈbaj.tɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbaj.tɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbɑj.to]

Noun

ܒܝܬܐ • (baytā) m (plural ܒܬܐ‎ (bāttē))

1. house, home
2. temple, church
3. room, chamber, cell
4. stable
5. hive
6. vessel, receptacle, urn, case
7. verse, stanza, introit, strophe, hymn
8. (medicine) seat, base (of a humor/humour)
9. (astronomy) house, mansion, station
10. (in compounds) companions, followers, servants; sect
11. (in compounds with a gentilic name) land, country; people, nation, race, tribe, class
12. (in compounds marking familial descendance) family

Inflection

Irregular singular absolute form in ܒܝ‎ (bay) as well as an irregular plural form.

    declension of ܒܝܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܒܝ‎	ܒܬܝܢ‎
construct	ܒܝܬ‎	ܒܬܝ‎
emphatic	ܒܝܬܐ	ܒܬܐ‎
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܒܝܬܝ‎	ܒܬܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܒܝܬܟ‎	ܒܬܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܒܝܬܟܝ‎	ܒܬܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܒܝܬܗ‎	ܒܬܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܝܬܗ‎	ܒܬܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܒܝܬܢ‎	ܒܬܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܒܝܬܟܘܢ‎	ܒܬܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܒܝܬܟܝܢ‎	ܒܬܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܒܝܬܗܘܢ‎	ܒܬܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܒܝܬܗܝܢ‎	ܒܬܝܗܝܢ‎

References

• “by”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-26
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 29a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 43a-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, pages 144b-145a