ܒܬ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Probaby from ܒܥܹ ܕ (“it is wished that”)
Alternative forms
- ܒܸܕ
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [bət]
Verb
ܒܸܬ (bit)
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense
- ܐܵܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܐܵܙܹܠ݇ܢ ܠܡܲܕܪܵܫܬܵܐ ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ. ― I will go to school tomorrow.
- (auxiliary, used with past participle and verb inflected ܗܵܘܹܐ (hawe)) Used to express the future anterior
- ܐܵܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܝܢ ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕܵܐ ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ. ― I will have finished it tomorrow.
- (auxiliary, used with past participle and ܗ݇ܘܵܐ (wa)) Used to express the conditional tense.
- ܐܵܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܩܵܝܡܹܢ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܡܵܬܵܐ ܐܸܢ ܠܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܐܵܟ݂ܵܐ. ― I would leave the village if you were not here.
- (auxiliary, used with past participle and conditional of the verb inflected ܗܵܘܹܐ (hawe)) Used to express the past conditional tense.
- ܐܸܢ ܐܵܢܵܐ ܠܲܝܬ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܠܝܼ ܩܵܛܹ̈ܐ، ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܝܼ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܐ݇ܟ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܝܼ ܥܵܩܘܿܒܪ̈ܐ. ― If I had not had cats, the rats would have eaten me.
Usage notes
- In Urmia: Sometimes ܒ (b) is an invariable particle. Rarely used in Tyari and Ashiret where, before 'ܐ' or 'ܕ' alone is used
- In Tyari: ܕܐܵܙܹܠ (d-azel, “he will go”)
- In Tyari, Zakho, Tur Abdin: ܓܸܕ (gid)
- In Azerbaidjan: ܓܒܹܐ (gbe)