ܒܝܣܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܒܙܬܐ, ܒܝܙܬܐ, ܒܣܬܐ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βήσιον (bḗsion) or βῆσσα (bêssa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bistɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bisɑθɑ], [bisjɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܒܝܣܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܒܝܣܝܬܐ or ܒܝܣܬܐ)

1. vessel, jug, pot, phial

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܝܣܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܝܣܐ		1st person	ܒܝܣܬܝ		ܒܝܣܬܢ
	construct	ܒܝܣܬ		2nd person	ܒܝܣܬܟ	ܒܝܣܬܟܝ	ܒܝܣܬܟܘܢ	ܒܝܣܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܝܣܬܐ		3rd person	ܒܝܣܬܗ	ܒܝܣܬܗ	ܒܝܣܬܗܘܢ	ܒܝܣܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܝܣܝܢ ,ܒܝܣܢ		1st person	ܒܝܣܝܬܝ ,ܒܝܣܬܝ		ܒܝܣܝܬܢ ,ܒܝܣܬܢ
	construct	ܒܝܣܝܬ ,ܒܝܣܬ		2nd person	ܒܝܣܝܬܟ ,ܒܝܣܬܟ	ܒܝܣܝܬܟܝ ,ܒܝܣܬܟܝ	ܒܝܣܝܬܟܘܢ ,ܒܝܣܬܟܘܢ	ܒܝܣܝܬܟܝܢ ,ܒܝܣܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܝܣܝܬܐ ,ܒܝܣܬܐ		3rd person	ܒܝܣܝܬܗ ,ܒܝܣܬܗ	ܒܝܣܝܬܗ ,ܒܝܣܬܗ	ܒܝܣܝܬܗܘܢ ,ܒܝܣܬܗܘܢ	ܒܝܣܝܬܗܝܢ ,ܒܝܣܬܗܝܢ

Further reading

• “bysh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-31
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 32a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 42b
• 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 142b