ܒܚܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܒ-ܚ-ܫ related to stirring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛħʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɛħʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܚܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܚܫܐ)

1. front of a shirt
2. (anatomy) bosom, breast

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܚܫܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܚܫ		1st person	ܒܚܫܝ		ܒܚܫܢ
	construct	ܒܚܫ		2nd person	ܒܚܫܟ	ܒܚܫܟܝ	ܒܚܫܟܘܢ	ܒܚܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܚܫܐ		3rd person	ܒܚܫܗ	ܒܚܫܗ	ܒܚܫܗܘܢ	ܒܚܫܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܚܫܝܢ		1st person	ܒܚܫܝ		ܒܚܫܝܢ
	construct	ܒܚܫܝ		2nd person	ܒܚܫܝܟ	ܒܚܫܝܟܝ	ܒܚܫܝܟܘܢ	ܒܚܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܚܫܐ		3rd person	ܒܚܫܘܗܝ	ܒܚܫܝܗ	ܒܚܫܝܗܘܢ	ܒܚܫܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܒ-ܚ-ܫ related to stirring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b(ə)ħɑʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [b(ə)ħɑʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܚܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܚܫܐ)

1. stirring, shaking

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܚܫܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܚܫ		1st person	ܒܚܫܝ		ܒܚܫܢ
	construct	ܒܚܫ		2nd person	ܒܚܫܟ	ܒܚܫܟܝ	ܒܚܫܟܘܢ	ܒܚܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܚܫܐ		3rd person	ܒܚܫܗ	ܒܚܫܗ	ܒܚܫܗܘܢ	ܒܚܫܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܚܫܝܢ		1st person	ܒܚܫܝ		ܒܚܫܝܢ
	construct	ܒܚܫܝ		2nd person	ܒܚܫܝܟ	ܒܚܫܝܟܝ	ܒܚܫܝܟܘܢ	ܒܚܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܚܫܐ		3rd person	ܒܚܫܘܗܝ	ܒܚܫܝܗ	ܒܚܫܝܗܘܢ	ܒܚܫܝܗܝܢ

References

• “bḥš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 41a
• 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. 136b