ܒܘܣܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܒ-ܣ-ܡ (b-s-m) related to pleasantness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bussɑmɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [bussɑme(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܒܘܣܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܘܣܡܐ)

1. pleasure, joy, enjoyment, delight
2. gladness, felicity
3. luxury
4. sweetness
5. feast, banquet

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܘܣܡܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܘܣܡ		1st person	ܒܘܣܡܝ		ܒܘܣܡܢ
	construct	ܒܘܣܡ		2nd person	ܒܘܣܡܟ	ܒܘܣܡܟܝ	ܒܘܣܡܟܘܢ	ܒܘܣܡܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܣܡܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܣܡܗ	ܒܘܣܡܗ	ܒܘܣܡܗܘܢ	ܒܘܣܡܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܘܣܡܝܢ		1st person	ܒܘܣܡܝ		ܒܘܣܡܝܢ
	construct	ܒܘܣܡܝ		2nd person	ܒܘܣܡܝܟ	ܒܘܣܡܝܟܝ	ܒܘܣܡܝܟܘܢ	ܒܘܣܡܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܣܡܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܣܡܘܗܝ	ܒܘܣܡܝܗ	ܒܘܣܡܝܗܘܢ	ܒܘܣܡܝܗܝܢ

References

• “bwsm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-15
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 33a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 33b
• 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. 128a