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

Root
ܒ ܛ ܢ
2 terms

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

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܛܢ		1st person	ܒܛܢܝ		ܒܛܢܢ
	construct	ܒܛܢ		2nd person	ܒܛܢܟ	ܒܛܢܟܝ	ܒܛܢܟܘܢ	ܒܛܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܛܢܐ		3rd person	ܒܛܢܗ	ܒܛܢܗ	ܒܛܢܗܘܢ	ܒܛܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܛܢܝܢ		1st person	ܒܛܢܝ		ܒܛܢܝܢ
	construct	ܒܛܢܝ		2nd person	ܒܛܢܝܟ	ܒܛܢܝܟܝ	ܒܛܢܝܟܘܢ	ܒܛܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܛܢܐ		3rd person	ܒܛܢܘܗܝ	ܒܛܢܝܗ	ܒܛܢܝܗܘܢ	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