ܒܛܠܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܒ-ܛ-ܠ related to idling. Compare Arabic بُطْلَان (buṭlān) and Hebrew בַּטְלָן (baṭlān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛtˤlɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɛtˤlɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܛܠܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܛܠܢܐ)

1. leave of absence, sick leave, hiatus, recess
2. leisure
3. idleness, negligence, laziness
4. vanity
5. abolition, annihilation

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܛܠܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܛܠܢ		1st person	ܒܛܠܢܝ		ܒܛܠܢܢ
	construct	ܒܛܠܢ		2nd person	ܒܛܠܢܟ	ܒܛܠܢܟܝ	ܒܛܠܢܟܘܢ	ܒܛܠܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܛܠܢܐ		3rd person	ܒܛܠܢܗ	ܒܛܠܢܗ	ܒܛܠܢܗܘܢ	ܒܛܠܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܛܠܢܝܢ		1st person	ܒܛܠܢܝ		ܒܛܠܢܝܢ
	construct	ܒܛܠܢܝ		2nd person	ܒܛܠܢܝܟ	ܒܛܠܢܝܟܝ	ܒܛܠܢܝܟܘܢ	ܒܛܠܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܛܠܢܐ		3rd person	ܒܛܠܢܘܗܝ	ܒܛܠܢܝܗ	ܒܛܠܢܝܗܘܢ	ܒܛܠܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “bṭln”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-13
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 28a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 42a
• 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, pp. 138b-139a