ܒܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܒܒܐ (bāḇā)
• ܒܒܘܢܐ (bāḇōnā)

Etymology

Compare Hebrew בָּבָה (bāḇâ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈbɑv.tɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbɑw.tɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbow.to]

Noun

ܒܒܬܐ • (bāḇtā) f (plural ܒܒܬܐ (bāḇāṯā) or ܒܒܘܬܐ (bāḇawwāṯā) or ܒܒܝܬܐ (bāḇyāṯā))

1. (anatomy) pupil

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܒܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܒܐ		1st person	ܒܒܬܝ		ܒܒܬܢ
	construct	ܒܒܬ		2nd person	ܒܒܬܟ	ܒܒܬܟܝ	ܒܒܬܟܘܢ	ܒܒܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܒܬܐ		3rd person	ܒܒܬܗ	ܒܒܬܗ	ܒܒܬܗܘܢ	ܒܒܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܒܝܢ ,ܒܒܘܢ ,ܒܒܢ		1st person	ܒܒܝܬܝ ,ܒܒܘܬܝ ,ܒܒܬܝ		ܒܒܝܬܢ ,ܒܒܘܬܢ ,ܒܒܬܢ
	construct	ܒܒܝܬ ,ܒܒܘܬ ,ܒܒܬ		2nd person	ܒܒܝܬܟ ,ܒܒܘܬܟ ,ܒܒܬܟ	ܒܒܝܬܟܝ ,ܒܒܘܬܟܝ ,ܒܒܬܟܝ	ܒܒܝܬܟܘܢ ,ܒܒܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܒܒܬܟܘܢ	ܒܒܝܬܟܝܢ ,ܒܒܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܒܒܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܒܝܬܐ ,ܒܒܘܬܐ ,ܒܒܬܐ		3rd person	ܒܒܝܬܗ ,ܒܒܘܬܗ ,ܒܒܬܗ	ܒܒܝܬܗ ,ܒܒܘܬܗ ,ܒܒܬܗ	ܒܒܝܬܗܘܢ ,ܒܒܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܒܒܬܗܘܢ	ܒܒܝܬܗܝܢ ,ܒܒܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܒܒܬܗܝܢ

References

• “bbh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-25
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 116b