ܒܠܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܒ-ܠ-ܥ (b-l-ʿ) related to swallowing. Compare Hebrew בֶּלַע (bélaʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b(ə)lɑʕɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [b(ə)lɑʕe(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܒܠܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܠܥܐ)

1. mouthful, gobbet, bolus
2. swallowing, gurgling
3. (grammar) omission, elision
4. (phonology) assimilation

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܠܥܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܠܥ		1st person	ܒܠܥܝ		ܒܠܥܢ
	construct	ܒܠܥ		2nd person	ܒܠܥܟ	ܒܠܥܟܝ	ܒܠܥܟܘܢ	ܒܠܥܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܠܥܐ		3rd person	ܒܠܥܗ	ܒܠܥܗ	ܒܠܥܗܘܢ	ܒܠܥܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܠܥܝܢ		1st person	ܒܠܥܝ		ܒܠܥܝܢ
	construct	ܒܠܥܝ		2nd person	ܒܠܥܝܟ	ܒܠܥܝܟܝ	ܒܠܥܝܟܘܢ	ܒܠܥܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܠܥܐ		3rd person	ܒܠܥܘܗܝ	ܒܠܥܝܗ	ܒܠܥܝܗܘܢ	ܒܠܥܝܗܝܢ

References

• “blˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 47b
• 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. 159b