ܒܘܚܪܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܒ-ܚ-ܪ (b-ḥ-r), related to examining; compare Arabic بُحْرَان (buḥrān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [buħˈrɑ.nɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [buxˈrɑ.nɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [buħˈro.no]

Noun

ܒܘܚܪܢܐ • (būḥrānā) m (plural ܒܘܚܪܢܐ (būḥrānē))

1. test, trial, proving, visitation
2. attack, turning point, decisive moment
3. (medicine) crisis
4. torture, affliction
5. crucible

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܘܚܪܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܘܚܪܢ		1st person	ܒܘܚܪܢܝ		ܒܘܚܪܢܢ
	construct	ܒܘܚܪܢ		2nd person	ܒܘܚܪܢܟ	ܒܘܚܪܢܟܝ	ܒܘܚܪܢܟܘܢ	ܒܘܚܪܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܚܪܢܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܚܪܢܗ	ܒܘܚܪܢܗ	ܒܘܚܪܢܗܘܢ	ܒܘܚܪܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܘܚܪܢܝܢ		1st person	ܒܘܚܪܢܝ		ܒܘܚܪܢܝܢ
	construct	ܒܘܚܪܢܝ		2nd person	ܒܘܚܪܢܝܟ	ܒܘܚܪܢܝܟܝ	ܒܘܚܪܢܝܟܘܢ	ܒܘܚܪܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܚܪܢܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܚܪܢܘܗܝ	ܒܘܚܪܢܝܗ	ܒܘܚܪܢܝܗܘܢ	ܒܘܚܪܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “bwḥrn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-10
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 27b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 37b
• 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 125a-b