ܒܙܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Assumed to be a contraction of ܒܪ ܙܪܥܐ (bar zarʿā), from ܒܪ (bar, “son of”) + ܙܪܥܐ (zarʿā, “a seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bazrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bazre] (plural)

Noun

ܒܙܪܐ • (bazrā) m (plural ܒܙܪܐ)

1. (botany) seed

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܙܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܙܪ		1st person	ܒܙܪܝ		ܒܙܪܢ
	construct	ܒܙܪ		2nd person	ܒܙܪܟ	ܒܙܪܟܝ	ܒܙܪܟܘܢ	ܒܙܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܙܪܐ		3rd person	ܒܙܪܗ	ܒܙܪܗ	ܒܙܪܗܘܢ	ܒܙܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܙܪܝܢ		1st person	ܒܙܪܝ		ܒܙܪܝܢ
	construct	ܒܙܪܝ		2nd person	ܒܙܪܝܟ	ܒܙܪܝܟܝ	ܒܙܪܝܟܘܢ	ܒܙܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܙܪܐ		3rd person	ܒܙܪܘܗܝ	ܒܙܪܝܗ	ܒܙܪܝܗܘܢ	ܒܙܪܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: بَزْر (bazr)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian *abēzārēh.

Alternative forms

• ܐܒܙܪܐ (ʾābzārā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛzzɑrɑ], [b(ə)zɑrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɛzzɑre], [b(ə)zɑre] (plural)

Noun

ܒܙܪܐ • (bezzārā, bəzārā) m (plural ܒܙܪܐ)

1. document, written record
2. letter of authority

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܙܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܙܪ		1st person	ܒܙܪܝ		ܒܙܪܢ
	construct	ܒܙܪ		2nd person	ܒܙܪܟ	ܒܙܪܟܝ	ܒܙܪܟܘܢ	ܒܙܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܙܪܐ		3rd person	ܒܙܪܗ	ܒܙܪܗ	ܒܙܪܗܘܢ	ܒܙܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܙܪܝܢ		1st person	ܒܙܪܝ		ܒܙܪܝܢ
	construct	ܒܙܪܝ		2nd person	ܒܙܪܝܟ	ܒܙܪܝܟܝ	ܒܙܪܝܟܘܢ	ܒܙܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܙܪܐ		3rd person	ܒܙܪܘܗܝ	ܒܙܪܝܗ	ܒܙܪܝܗܘܢ	ܒܙܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “bzr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “bzr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 92b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 40b
• 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 134b