ܒܐܘܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܒܘܐ (bawwā, bāwā)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba(ʔ)wɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ba(ʔ)we] (plural)

Noun

ܒܐܘܐ • (baʾwā) m (plural ܒܐܘܐ (baʾwē))

1. hoopoe
2. owl

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܐܘܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܐܘ		1st person	ܒܐܘܝ		ܒܐܘܢ
	construct	ܒܐܘ		2nd person	ܒܐܘܟ	ܒܐܘܟܝ	ܒܐܘܟܘܢ	ܒܐܘܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܐܘܐ		3rd person	ܒܐܘܗ	ܒܐܘܗ	ܒܐܘܗܘܢ	ܒܐܘܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܐܘܝܢ		1st person	ܒܐܘܝ		ܒܐܘܝܢ
	construct	ܒܐܘܝ		2nd person	ܒܐܘܝܟ	ܒܐܘܝܟܝ	ܒܐܘܝܟܘܢ	ܒܐܘܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܐܘܐ		3rd person	ܒܐܘܘܗܝ	ܒܐܘܝܗ	ܒܐܘܝܗܘܢ	ܒܐܘܝܗܝܢ

References

• “bwˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• 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