ܒܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܒ ܘ ܬ (b w t)
1 term

ܒܝܬܐ

From Aramaic בַּיְתָּא (baytā), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-; compare Arabic بَيْت (bayt), Hebrew בַּיִת (báyit) and Akkadian 𒂍 (bītum).

Pronunciation

• ܒܲܝܬܵܐ:
  • (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈbajtaː]
  • (Ashiret) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
  • (Bohtan) IPA^(key): [ˈbaːtaː]
  • (Hertevin) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːtaː]
  • (Jilu) IPA^(key): [ˈbiːjaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
  • (Sanandaj) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːsaː]
  • (Tkhuma) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːθaː]
  • (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ˈbeːtaː]
  • (Walto) IPA^(key): [ˈbaːʃaː]
• ܒܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ:
  • (Standard) IPA^(key): [bəjɑːθɑː]

Noun

ܒܲܝܬܵܐ • (baytā) m sg (plural ܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ (bāttē) or ܒܵܬ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bātwāṯā) or ܒܲܝ̈ܬܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (baytawwāṯā) or ܒܲܝܬ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (baytwāṯā) or ܒܵܬܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bātānē) or ܒܲܝ̈ܬܵܢܹܐ (baytānē))

1. house, home
2. household
3. (in the construct state, in compounds) room, chamber, cell, place, location, area
4. (astronomy) house, mansion, station
5. (in compounds) companions, followers, servants; sect
6. (in compounds with a gentilic name) land, country; people, nation, race, tribe, class
7. (in the construct state) family

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܲܝܬܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person	ܒܲܝܬܝܼ (baytī)		ܒܲܝܬܲܢ (baytan)
	construct	ܒܹܝܬ݂ (bēṯ)		2nd person	ܒܲܝܬܘܼܟ݂ (baytūḵ)	ܒܲܝܬܵܟ݂ܝ (baytāḵ)	ܒܲܝܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (baytāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (baytā)		3rd person	ܒܲܝܬܹܗ (baytēh)	ܒܲܝܬܵܗ̇ (baytāh)	ܒܲܝܬܗܘܿܢ (baythōn)
plural	absolute	–		1st person	ܒܵܬܝܼ̈ (bāttī)		ܒܵܬܲܢ̈ (bāttān)
	construct	ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ (bāttay)		2nd person	ܒܵܬܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (bāttōḵ)	ܒܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (bāttāḵ)	ܒܵܬܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bāttāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ (bāttē)		3rd person	ܒܵܬܘܼ̈ܗܝ (bāttūh)	ܒܵܬ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (bāttōh)	ܒܵܬܗ̈ܘܿܢ (bātthōn)

Derived terms

• ܒܲܝܬܵܝܵܐ (baytāyā, “domestic, familiar, related”)
• ܒܲܝܬܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (baytūṯā, “household, family”)
• ܒܲܝܬܘܿܢܵܐ (baytōnā, “cottage, cabin”)
• ܒܲܪ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (bar baytā, “bond slave born in the house”)
• ܪܲܒ݂ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ (raḇ baytā, “paterfamilias, househusband, homemaker”)
• (construct state) see → ܒܹܝܬ݂ (bēṯ)

Verb

ܒܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (byāṯā)

1. present participle of ܒܵܐܹܬ݂ (bāˀēṯ)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈbaj.tɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbaj.tɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbɑj.to]

Noun

ܒܝܬܐ • (baytā) m (plural ܒܬܐ (bāttē))

1. house, home
2. temple, church
3. room, chamber, cell
4. stable
5. hive
6. vessel, receptacle, urn, case
7. verse, stanza, introit, strophe, hymn
8. (medicine) seat, base (of a humor/humour)
9. (astronomy) house, mansion, station
10. (in compounds) companions, followers, servants; sect
11. (in compounds with a gentilic name) land, country; people, nation, race, tribe, class
12. (in compounds marking familial descendance) family

Inflection

Irregular singular absolute form in ܒܝ (bay) as well as an irregular plural form.

Inflection of ܒܝܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܝ		1st person	ܒܝܬܝ		ܒܝܬܢ
	construct	ܒܝܬ		2nd person	ܒܝܬܟ	ܒܝܬܟܝ	ܒܝܬܟܘܢ	ܒܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܒܝܬܗ	ܒܝܬܗ	ܒܝܬܗܘܢ	ܒܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܬܝܢ		1st person	ܒܬܝ		ܒܬܝܢ
	construct	ܒܬܝ		2nd person	ܒܬܝܟ	ܒܬܝܟܝ	ܒܬܝܟܘܢ	ܒܬܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܬܐ		3rd person	ܒܬܘܗܝ	ܒܬܝܗ	ܒܬܝܗܘܢ	ܒܬܝܗܝܢ

References

• “by”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-26
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 29a–b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 43a–b
• 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, pages 144b–145a