ܒܛܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܒ ܛ ܢ (b ṭ n)
1 term

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [batnaː]

Noun

ܒܲܛܢܵܐ • (baṭnā) m (plural ܒܲܛܢܹ̈ܐ (baṭnē))

1. embryo (unborn child up until the 8th week of gestation)

See also

• ܥܘܸܠܵܐ (ˁwillā, “fetus”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܒ-ܛ-ܢ (b-ṭ-n) related to conceiving. Compare Arabic بَطْن (baṭn) and Hebrew בֶּטֶן (béṭen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [batˤnɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [batˤne(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܒܛܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܛܢܐ)

1. conception
2. pregnancy, gestation
3. fetus

Inflection

    inflection of ܒܛܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܒܛܢ	ܒܛܢܝܢ
construct	ܒܛܢ	ܒܛܢܝ
emphatic	ܒܛܢܐ	ܒܛܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܒܛܢܝ	ܒܛܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܒܛܢܟ	ܒܛܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܒܛܢܟܝ	ܒܛܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܒܛܢܗ	ܒܛܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܛܢܗ	ܒܛܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܒܛܢܢ	ܒܛܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܒܛܢܟܘܢ	ܒܛܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܒܛܢܟܝܢ	ܒܛܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܒܛܢܗܘܢ	ܒܛܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܒܛܢܗܝܢ	ܒܛܢܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܒܛܢܘܬܐ
• ܥܘܠܐ

References

• “bṭn”, 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, p. 28b
• 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, p. 139b