ܒܨܘܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܒ ܨ ܐ related to searching.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑsˤojɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɑsˤoje] (plural)

Noun

ܒܨܘܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܨܘܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܒܨܘܝܬܐ)

1. inquirer, scrutineer, searcher, explorer
2. guardian of orphans

Usage notes

The sense of "inquirer" is often used negatively as someone who is too curious for their own good (e.g. heretics).

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܨܘܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܨܘܝ		1st person	ܒܨܘܝܝ		ܒܨܘܝܢ
	construct	ܒܨܘܝ		2nd person	ܒܨܘܝܟ	ܒܨܘܝܟܝ	ܒܨܘܝܟܘܢ	ܒܨܘܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܨܘܝܐ		3rd person	ܒܨܘܝܗ	ܒܨܘܝܗ	ܒܨܘܝܗܘܢ	ܒܨܘܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܨܘܝܝܢ		1st person	ܒܨܘܝܝ		ܒܨܘܝܝܢ
	construct	ܒܨܘܝܝ		2nd person	ܒܨܘܝܝܟ	ܒܨܘܝܝܟܝ	ܒܨܘܝܝܟܘܢ	ܒܨܘܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܨܘܝܐ		3rd person	ܒܨܘܝܘܗܝ	ܒܨܘܝܝܗ	ܒܨܘܝܝܗܘܢ	ܒܨܘܝܝܗܝܢ

References

• “bṣwy”, 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, page 35a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 51b
• 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 174a