ܒܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Unknown; compare Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ), Persian بت (bat) and Old Armenian բադ (bad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [batˤtˤɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [batˤtˤe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܛܐ • (baṭṭāʾ) m (plural ܒܛܐ)

1. duck, drake

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܛܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܛ		1st person	ܒܛܝ		ܒܛܢ
	construct	ܒܛ		2nd person	ܒܛܟ	ܒܛܟܝ	ܒܛܟܘܢ	ܒܛܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܛܐ		3rd person	ܒܛܗ	ܒܛܗ	ܒܛܗܘܢ	ܒܛܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܛܝܢ		1st person	ܒܛܝ		ܒܛܝܢ
	construct	ܒܛܝ		2nd person	ܒܛܝܟ	ܒܛܝܟܝ	ܒܛܝܟܘܢ	ܒܛܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܛܐ		3rd person	ܒܛܘܗܝ	ܒܛܝܗ	ܒܛܝܗܘܢ	ܒܛܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛtˤtˤɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɛtˤtˤe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܛܐ • (beṭṭāʾ) m (plural ܒܛܐ)

1. spark from red-hot coal or iron

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܛܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܛ		1st person	ܒܛܝ		ܒܛܢ
	construct	ܒܛ		2nd person	ܒܛܟ	ܒܛܟܝ	ܒܛܟܘܢ	ܒܛܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܛܐ		3rd person	ܒܛܗ	ܒܛܗ	ܒܛܗܘܢ	ܒܛܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܛܝܢ		1st person	ܒܛܝ		ܒܛܝܢ
	construct	ܒܛܝ		2nd person	ܒܛܝܟ	ܒܛܝܟܝ	ܒܛܝܟܘܢ	ܒܛܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܛܐ		3rd person	ܒܛܘܗܝ	ܒܛܝܗ	ܒܛܝܗܘܢ	ܒܛܝܗܝܢ

References

• “bṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-16
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 125
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 28a
• Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, pages 21–22
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 41a-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, p. 136b