ܒܐܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܒܝܪܐ
• ܒܪܐ

Etymology

Compare Arabic بِئْر (biʔr) and Hebrew בְּאֵר (bəʾēr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [be(ʔ)rɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [be(ʔ)re(ʔ)], [be(ʔ)rɑθɑ(ʔ)], [be(ʔ)rawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܒܐܪܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܒܐܪܘܬܐ or ܒܐܪܬܐ or ܒܐܪܐ)

1. well, pit

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܐܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܐܪ		1st person	ܒܐܪܝ		ܒܐܪܢ
	construct	ܒܐܪ		2nd person	ܒܐܪܟ	ܒܐܪܟܝ	ܒܐܪܟܘܢ	ܒܐܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܐܪܐ		3rd person	ܒܐܪܗ	ܒܐܪܗ	ܒܐܪܗܘܢ	ܒܐܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܐܪܘܢ ,ܒܐܪܢ ,ܒܐܪܝܢ		1st person	ܒܐܪܘܬܝ ,ܒܐܪܬܝ ,ܒܐܪܝ		ܒܐܪܘܬܢ ,ܒܐܪܬܢ ,ܒܐܪܝܢ
	construct	ܒܐܪܘܬ ,ܒܐܪܬ ,ܒܐܪܝ		2nd person	ܒܐܪܘܬܟ ,ܒܐܪܬܟ ,ܒܐܪܝܟ	ܒܐܪܘܬܟܝ ,ܒܐܪܬܟܝ ,ܒܐܪܝܟܝ	ܒܐܪܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܒܐܪܬܟܘܢ ,ܒܐܪܝܟܘܢ	ܒܐܪܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܒܐܪܬܟܝܢ ,ܒܐܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܐܪܘܬܐ ,ܒܐܪܬܐ ,ܒܐܪܐ		3rd person	ܒܐܪܘܬܗ ,ܒܐܪܬܗ ,ܒܐܪܘܗܝ	ܒܐܪܘܬܗ ,ܒܐܪܬܗ ,ܒܐܪܝܗ	ܒܐܪܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܒܐܪܬܗܘܢ ,ܒܐܪܝܗܘܢ	ܒܐܪܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܒܐܪܬܗܝܢ ,ܒܐܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “bˀr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 23a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 34a
• 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, p. 114b