ܒܨܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܒ ܨ ܪ related to lessening. Compare Arabic بِنْصِر (binṣir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛsˤrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɛsˤre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܨܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܨܪܐ)

1. small part, portion
2. (anatomy) ring finger

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܨܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܨܪ		1st person	ܒܨܪܝ		ܒܨܪܢ
	construct	ܒܨܪ		2nd person	ܒܨܪܟ	ܒܨܪܟܝ	ܒܨܪܟܘܢ	ܒܨܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܨܪܐ		3rd person	ܒܨܪܗ	ܒܨܪܗ	ܒܨܪܗܘܢ	ܒܨܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܨܪܝܢ		1st person	ܒܨܪܝ		ܒܨܪܝܢ
	construct	ܒܨܪܝ		2nd person	ܒܨܪܝܟ	ܒܨܪܝܟܝ	ܒܨܪܝܟܘܢ	ܒܨܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܨܪܐ		3rd person	ܒܨܪܘܗܝ	ܒܨܪܝܗ	ܒܨܪܝܗܘܢ	ܒܨܪܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑsˤrɑ(ʔ)]

Proper noun

ܒܨܪܐ • (transliteration needed) f

1. Alternative form of ܒܘܨܪܐ

References

• “bṣr”, 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. 35b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 52a-b
• 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. 176a