ܒܣܕܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Contraction of ܒܝܬ ܐܣܕܐ (bêṯ ʾĕsāḏē, “pillow, couch, place to rest upon”, literally “at the pillows”), from ܒܝܬ (“house; site, position, location”) and ܐܣܕܐ (ʾĕsāḏā, “pillow”); inherited from earlier Aramaic אִיסָדָא (ʾĕsāḏā, “thing placed beneath, at the base or bottom; pillow”). Cognate to Hebrew יְסוֹד (yǝsṓḏ, “base, foundation”), Arabic وِسَادَة (wisāda, “a thing placed under the base of the head to sleep upon; cushion, seat or place to rest something upon”), Ugaritic 𐎊𐎒𐎄 (ysd, “base, foundation”), Akkadian 𒅖𒁲 (/⁠išdu⁠/, “base, foundation”), ultimately Proto-Semitic in origin. Also found as Jewish Babylonian Aramaic בֵּיסָדְיָא (bēsāḏyā, “pillow”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic בֵּי סָדְיָא (bē sāḏyā, “pillow”), and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܣܦܵܕܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (spādīṯā, “pillow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [beˈsɑð.jɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [beˈsɑð.jɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [bɛˈsoð.jo]

Noun

ܒܣܕܝܐ • (bēsāḏyā) m (plural ܒܣܕܝܐ (bēsāḏyē) or ܒܣܕܘܬܐ (bēsāḏawwāṯā))

1. pillow, cushion, couch
   • Peshitta, Mark 4:38:

     ܗܘ ܕܝܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܥܠ ܒܣܕܝܐ ܕܡܟ ܗܘܐ ܒܚܪܬܗ ܕܣܦܝܢܬܐ. ܘܐܬܘ ܐܩܝܡܘܗܝ. ܘܐܡܪܝܢ ܠܗ. ܪܒܢ ܠܐ ܒܛܝܠ ܠܟ ܕܐܒܕܝܢ ܚܢܢ.

     hū ḏên ʾĪšūʿ ʿal bēsāḏyā ḏəmeḵ [hə]wā: bə-ḥarəṯāh ḏa-səp̄ī[n]tā. wə-ʾĕṯaw ʾăqīmū[hy], wə-ʾāmrīn lēh, Rabban, lā ḇəṭīl lāḵ də-ʾāḇdīn [ḥə]nan.

     And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܣܕܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܣܕܝ		1st person	ܒܣܕܝܝ		ܒܣܕܝܢ
	construct	ܒܣܕܝ		2nd person	ܒܣܕܝܟ	ܒܣܕܝܟܝ	ܒܣܕܝܟܘܢ	ܒܣܕܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܣܕܝܐ		3rd person	ܒܣܕܝܗ	ܒܣܕܝܗ	ܒܣܕܝܗܘܢ	ܒܣܕܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܣܕܘܬܐ ,ܒܣܕܝܐ		1st person	ܒܣܕܘܬܝ ,ܒܣܕܝܝ		ܒܣܕܘܬܢ ,ܒܣܕܝܝܢ
	construct	ܒܣܕܘܬܐ ,ܒܣܕܝܐ		2nd person	ܒܣܕܘܬܟ ,ܒܣܕܝܝܟ	ܒܣܕܘܬܟܝ ,ܒܣܕܝܝܟܝ	ܒܣܕܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܒܣܕܝܝܟܘܢ	ܒܣܕܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܒܣܕܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܣܕܘܬܐ ,ܒܣܕܝܐ		3rd person	ܒܣܕܘܬܗ ,ܒܣܕܝܘܗܝ	ܒܣܕܘܬܗ ,ܒܣܕܝܝܗ	ܒܣܕܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܒܣܕܝܝܗܘܢ	ܒܣܕܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܒܣܕܝܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [bɛsˈsɑð.jɑ], [bɛsˈdɑ.jɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [bɪsˈsɑð.jɑ], [bɪsˈdɑ.jɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [bɛˈsoð.jo], [bɛsˈdo.jo]

Noun

ܒܣܕܝܐ • (bessāḏyā, besdāyā) m (plural ܒܣܕܝܐ (bessāḏyē, besdāyē))

1. (numismatics) gold or silver coin worth 700 drachmas

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܣܕܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܣܕܝ		1st person	ܒܣܕܝܝ		ܒܣܕܝܢ
	construct	ܒܣܕܝ		2nd person	ܒܣܕܝܟ	ܒܣܕܝܟܝ	ܒܣܕܝܟܘܢ	ܒܣܕܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܣܕܝܐ		3rd person	ܒܣܕܝܗ	ܒܣܕܝܗ	ܒܣܕܝܗܘܢ	ܒܣܕܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܣܕܝܝܢ		1st person	ܒܣܕܝܝ		ܒܣܕܝܝܢ
	construct	ܒܣܕܝܝ		2nd person	ܒܣܕܝܝܟ	ܒܣܕܝܝܟܝ	ܒܣܕܝܝܟܘܢ	ܒܣܕܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܣܕܝܐ		3rd person	ܒܣܕܝܘܗܝ	ܒܣܕܝܝܗ	ܒܣܕܝܝܗܘܢ	ܒܣܕܝܝܗܝܢ

References

• “bsdy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-02-23
• “ˀsd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-13
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 32b
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 58a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 48b
• 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 163a