ܒܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Matches Ancient Greek βύνη (búnē, “malt”). Plausibly a technical term from Proto-Iranian *buHnáh, Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰudʰnás (“ground”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bunɑ]

Noun

ܒܘܢܐ • (būnā) m

1. barley soaked in water

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܘܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܘܢ		1st person	ܒܘܢܝ		ܒܘܢܢ
	construct	ܒܘܢ		2nd person	ܒܘܢܟ	ܒܘܢܟܝ	ܒܘܢܟܘܢ	ܒܘܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܢܗ	ܒܘܢܗ	ܒܘܢܗܘܢ	ܒܘܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܘܢܝܢ		1st person	ܒܘܢܝ		ܒܘܢܝܢ
	construct	ܒܘܢܝ		2nd person	ܒܘܢܝܟ	ܒܘܢܝܟܝ	ܒܘܢܝܟܘܢ	ܒܘܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܢܘܗܝ	ܒܘܢܝܗ	ܒܘܢܝܗܘܢ	ܒܘܢܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: بُنّ (bunn, “coffee bean”) (see there for further descendants)

References

• “bwnˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 63a
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 373