ܒܩܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܒ ܩ ܩ (b q q)
1 term

Compare Akkadian 𒁀𒀝𒄣 (/⁠baqqu⁠/, “gnat, numerous insects, swarm”) and Arabic بَقّ (baqq).

Noun

ܒܵܩܵܐ • (bāqā) m (plural ܒܵܩܹ̈ܐ (bāqē) or ܒܵܩ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bāqāṯā))

1. gnat
2. (collective) gnats

   ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܣܲܓܝܼ ܒܵܩܵܐ ܐܵܟ݂ܵܐ ― īṯ sagī bāqā āḵā ― There’s a lot of gnats here.

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Root
ܒ ܩ ܩ
1 term

Compare Akkadian 𒁀𒀝𒄣 (/⁠baqqu⁠/, “gnat, numerous insects, swarm”) and Arabic بَقّ (baqq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑqɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɑqe] (in the plural)

Noun

ܒܩܐ • (bāqā) m (plural ܒܩܐ (bāqē))

1. gnat, mosquito

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܩܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܩ		1st person	ܒܩܝ		ܒܩܢ
	construct	ܒܩ		2nd person	ܒܩܟ	ܒܩܟܝ	ܒܩܟܘܢ	ܒܩܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܩܐ		3rd person	ܒܩܗ	ܒܩܗ	ܒܩܗܘܢ	ܒܩܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܩܝܢ		1st person	ܒܩܝ		ܒܩܝܢ
	construct	ܒܩܝ		2nd person	ܒܩܝܟ	ܒܩܝܟܝ	ܒܩܝܟܘܢ	ܒܩܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܩܐ		3rd person	ܒܩܘܗܝ	ܒܩܝܗ	ܒܩܝܗܘܢ	ܒܩܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Root
ܒ ܩ ܝ
1 term

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bqɑʔ/

Verb

ܒܩܐ • (bqā)

1. to examine, to consider, to investigate

References

• “bq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “bqy”, 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 36a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 52b
• 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, →ISBN, page 176b

Turoyo

Etymology

From Aramaic בקא (bāqā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boqo/

Noun

ܒܳܩܳܐ • (boqo) m

1. mosquito