ܒܝܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܒ ܝ ܢ (b y n)
1 term

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [baynaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [beːna]

Noun

ܒܲܝܢܵܐ • (baynā) m

1. appearance, apparition
2. visit

   ܡܚܲܘ ܠܲܢ ܚܲܕ݇ ܒܲܝܢܵܐ ― mḥaw lan ḥa baynā ― Give us a visit! (literally, “Hit us an appearance!”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒁉𒉡𒌝 (BI.NU.UM /⁠bīnum⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [binɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [bine] (in the plural)

Noun

ܒܝܢܐ • (bīnā) m (plural ܒܝܢܐ (bīnē))

1. (dialectal) tamarisk

   Synonym: ܥܪܐ (ʿarrā)

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܝܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܝܢ		1st person	ܒܝܢܝ		ܒܝܢܢ
	construct	ܒܝܢ		2nd person	ܒܝܢܟ	ܒܝܢܟܝ	ܒܝܢܟܘܢ	ܒܝܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܝܢܐ		3rd person	ܒܝܢܗ	ܒܝܢܗ	ܒܝܢܗܘܢ	ܒܝܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܝܢܝܢ		1st person	ܒܝܢܝ		ܒܝܢܝܢ
	construct	ܒܝܢܝ		2nd person	ܒܝܢܝܟ	ܒܝܢܝܟܝ	ܒܝܢܝܟܘܢ	ܒܝܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܝܢܐ		3rd person	ܒܝܢܘܗܝ	ܒܝܢܝܗ	ܒܝܢܝܗܘܢ	ܒܝܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “byn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P.‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 54a
• Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus‎^[2] (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 519
• 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, page 141b

Anagrams

• ܒܢܝܐ, ܝܒܢܐ, ܢܒܝܐ, ܢܝܒܐ