ܒܝܬ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Ultimately derived from Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt, literally house); compare Hebrew בֵּית (béyt), Arabic بَاء (bāʔ) and Ancient Greek βῆτᾰ (bêta).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [beθː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [bitː]

Noun

ܒܹܝܬ݂ • (bēṯ) f

  1. beth (the second letter of the Assyrian alphabet and Syriac script)
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, a contraction of ܒܝܢܬ (baynāṯ, among, between). Only used in Classical constructs. Doublet of the native ܒܹܝܢ (bēn).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈbeːt]

Preposition

ܒܹܝܬ • (bēt)

  1. between
Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈbeːt]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [biː], [beː]

Noun

ܒܹܝܬ • (bēt) m (plural ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ (bāttay))

  1. construct state singular of ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (baytā)
  2. especially used before first or last names to signify said person’s family or house, also used in traditional Assyrian naming customs; house of, family of
    ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܒܸܕ ܐܵܙܲܠ݇ܚ ܠܒܹܝܬ݂ ܫܲܡܝܼܪܵܡ؟
    īman bid āzaḥ lbēṯ šamīrām?
    When are we going to Shammiram’s house?
    ܒܸܕ ܐܵܙܲܠ݇ܚ ܠܒܹܝܬ݂ ܢܵܢܵܐ
    bid āzaḥ lbēṯ nānā
    We’re going to [visit] grandma’s family.
    ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܝܲܠܕܵܐ ܡܘܼܓܒ݂ܸܪ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܗܘܿܢ.
    bēṯ yaldā mugḇir lhōn gaḇrhōn.
    The Yalda family gave their man in married.
Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt, house; letter beth), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-; compare Hebrew בֵּית (bêṯ).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan, Eastern Syriac, Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbeθ]

Noun

ܒܝܬ • (bēṯ) f (plural ܒܝܬܝܢ (bēṯyen))

  1. beth, second letter of the Syriac alphabet
Coordinate terms
See also

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan, Eastern Syriac, Western Syriac) IPA(key): [beθ]

Noun

ܒܝܬ • (bēṯ)

  1. construct state singular of ܒܝܬܐ

Etymology 3

A contraction of ܒܝܢܬ (baynāṯ, among, between).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan, Eastern Syriac, Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbeθ]

Preposition

ܒܝܬ • (bēṯ)

  1. Alternative form of ܒܝܢܬ (baynāṯ)
Usage notes

Unlike the uncontracted form, this form does not take pronominal suffixes.

References

  • by2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-26
  • byt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-26
  • Coakley, J. F. (2013) Robinson's Paradigms and Exercises in Syriac Grammar, 6th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 31
  • 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 33a, 43a, 44b
  • 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 114a
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