ܒܘܢܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܒܘܟܢܐ (būḵnā)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (*bunak). Compare Old Armenian բնակ (bnak), բնիկ (bnik).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈbu.n(ə.)xɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbu.nxɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbu.nxo]

Noun

ܒܘܢܟܐ • (būnəḵā) m (plural ܒܘܢܟܐ (būnəḵē))

1. native, aborigine
   • Peshitta, Exodus 12:19:

     ܡܛܠ ܕܟܠ ܕܢܐܟܘܠ ܚܡܝܥܐ: ܬܐܒܕ ܢܦܫܐ ܗܝ ܡܢ ܟܢܘܫܬܐ ܕܝܣܪܝܠ: ܡܼܢ ܒܘܟܢ̈ܐ : ܘܡܼܢ ܥܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ.

     meṭṭol də-ḵol də-nēʾḵol ḥammīʿā, tēʾḇaḏ nap̄šā hāy men kənūštā ḏə-ʾīsrāyēl, men būḵnē, wə-men ʿāmōrē ḏə-ʾarʿā.

     for whosoever eats that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether they are natives or residents in the land.

2. inhabitant, settler
3. (figuratively) lampstand base

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܘܢܟܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܘܢܟ		1st person	ܒܘܢܟܝ		ܒܘܢܟܢ
	construct	ܒܘܢܟ		2nd person	ܒܘܢܟܟ	ܒܘܢܟܟܝ	ܒܘܢܟܟܘܢ	ܒܘܢܟܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܢܟܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܢܟܗ	ܒܘܢܟܗ	ܒܘܢܟܗܘܢ	ܒܘܢܟܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܘܢܟܝܢ		1st person	ܒܘܢܟܝ		ܒܘܢܟܝܢ
	construct	ܒܘܢܟܝ		2nd person	ܒܘܢܟܝܟ	ܒܘܢܟܝܟܝ	ܒܘܢܟܝܟܘܢ	ܒܘܢܟܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܢܟܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܢܟܘܗܝ	ܒܘܢܟܝܗ	ܒܘܢܟܝܗܘܢ	ܒܘܢܟܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܐܚܕ ܒܘܢܟܐ (ʾĕḥaḏ būnəḵā)

References

• “bwnk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-10-21
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 123
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 26a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 38a, b
• 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, pages 126a, 127b-127a