ܒܝܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒁉𒅕𒌅 (birtu [BI.IR.TU]). Compare Hebrew בִּירָה (birâ) and the Old Armenian loanword բերդ (berd).

Alternative forms

• ܒܐܪܬܐ, ܒܪܬܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [birtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [birɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܝܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܒܝܪܬܐ)

1. palace, castle, court
2. fortress, citadel

Inflection

    declension of ܒܝܪܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܒܝܪܐ	ܒܝܪܢ
construct	ܒܝܪܬ	ܒܝܪܬ
emphatic	ܒܝܪܬܐ	ܒܝܪܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܒܝܪܬܝ	ܒܝܪܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܒܝܪܬܟ	ܒܝܪܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܒܝܪܬܟܝ	ܒܝܪܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܒܝܪܬܗ	ܒܝܪܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܝܪܬܗ	ܒܝܪܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܒܝܪܬܢ	ܒܝܪܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܒܝܪܬܟܘܢ	ܒܝܪܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܒܝܪܬܟܝܢ	ܒܝܪܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܒܝܪܬܗܘܢ	ܒܝܪܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܒܝܪܬܗܝܢ	ܒܝܪܬܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܒܝܪܬ ܗܕܡܐ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bajjɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bajjɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܒܝܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. feminine emphatic singular of ܒܝܪܐ
2. feminine emphatic plural of ܒܝܪܐ

References

• “byrh”, 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, p. 29a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 43a
• 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. 115a, 143b