ܒܢܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from an Indo-European language, either Ancient Greek βάνδον (bándon) (itself from Germanic) or from Iranian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈban.dɑ], [ˈbɛn.dɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈban.de], [ˈban.dos], [ˈban.das] (plural)

Noun

ܒܢܕܐ • (bandā) f (plural ܒܢܕܐ or ܒܢܕܘܣ or ܒܢܕܣ)

1. banner, standard

Inflection

    declension of ܒܢܕܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܒܢܕ	ܒܢܕܝܢ
construct	ܒܢܕ	ܒܢܕܝ
emphatic	ܒܢܕܐ	ܒܢܕܣ, ܒܢܕܘܣ ,ܒܢܕܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܒܢܕܝ	ܒܢܕܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܒܢܕܟ	ܒܢܕܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܒܢܕܟܝ	ܒܢܕܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܒܢܕܗ	ܒܢܕܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܢܕܗ	ܒܢܕܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܒܢܕܢ	ܒܢܕܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܒܢܕܟܘܢ	ܒܢܕܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܒܢܕܟܝܢ	ܒܢܕܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܒܢܕܗܘܢ	ܒܢܕܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܒܢܕܗܝܢ	ܒܢܕܝܗܝܢ

Further reading

• “bnd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-01-13
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 32a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 48a
• 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. 161b