ܒܥܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *baʕl-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baʕlɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [baʕle(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܒܥܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܥܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܒܥܠܬܐ)

1. lord, master, owner
2. head of household
3. husband

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܥܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܥܠ		1st person	ܒܥܠܝ		ܒܥܠܢ
	construct	ܒܥܠ		2nd person	ܒܥܠܟ	ܒܥܠܟܝ	ܒܥܠܟܘܢ	ܒܥܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܥܠܐ		3rd person	ܒܥܠܗ	ܒܥܠܗ	ܒܥܠܗܘܢ	ܒܥܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܥܠܝܢ		1st person	ܒܥܠܝ		ܒܥܠܝܢ
	construct	ܒܥܠܝ		2nd person	ܒܥܠܝܟ	ܒܥܠܝܟܝ	ܒܥܠܝܟܘܢ	ܒܥܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܥܠܐ		3rd person	ܒܥܠܘܗܝ	ܒܥܠܝܗ	ܒܥܠܝܗܘܢ	ܒܥܠܝܗܝܢ

References

• “bˁl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 34a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 51a
• 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. 171a