ܒܪܟ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܒ ܪ ܟ (b r k)
6 terms

From Aramaic בְּרַךְ (bəraḵ), from Proto-Semitic; cognate with Arabic بَرَكَ (baraka), بَارَكَ (bāraka), Hebrew בָּרַךְ (barákh), בֵּרַךְ (berákh) and Amharic ባረከ (baräkä).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [bɑːrekː]
• (Ashiret) IPA^(key): [ˈbä.ɾɪk]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ˈbɒ.ɾɪk]

Verb

ܒܵܪܹܟ • (bārēk)

1. to kneel

   ܡܵܨܹܝܬܘܿܢ ܝܵܬ݂ܒ݂ܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܝܲܢ ܒܵܪܟܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܥܲܠ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ.

   māṣētōn yāṯḇītōn yan bārkītōn ˁal arˁā.

   You can sit or kneel on the ground.

   • Psalms 95:6:

     ܬܹܝܡܘܼܢ ܣܵܓ݂ܕܲܚ ܘܟܵܝܦܲܚ؛ ܒܵܪܟܲܚ ܩܲܕ݇ܡ ܡܵܪܝܵܐ ܒܵܪܝܵܢܲܢ.

     tēmūn sāḡdaḥ w-kāypaḥ; bārkaḥ qam māryā bāryānan.

     Come let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

2. to lie down as an animal

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܒܵܪܹܟ

gerund	ܒܪܵܟܵܐ (brākā)
verbal noun	ܒܪܵܟܵܐ (brākā)
		singular				plural
passive participle	m	ܒܪܝܼܟܵܐ (brīkā)				ܒܪܝܼܟܹ̈ܐ (brīkē)
	f	ܒܪܝܼܟܬܵܐ (brīktā)
agent noun	m	ܒܵܪܘܿܟܵܐ (bārōkā)				ܒܵܪܘܿܟܹ̈ܐ (bārōkē)
	f	ܒܵܪܘܿܟܬܵܐ (bārōktā)				ܒܵܪܘܿܟܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bārōkyāṯā)
instance noun		ܒܪܵܟܬܵܐ (brāktā)				ܒܪܵܟ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (brākyāṯā)
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܝܼ (brīk lī)	ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (brīk lūḵ)	ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܹܗ (brīk lēh)	ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܲܢ (brīk lan)	ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (brīk lāwḵōn)	ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܗܘܿܢ (brīk lhōn)
	f		ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (brīk lāḵ)	ܒܪܝܼܟ ܠܵܗ̇ (brīk lāh)
non-past	m	ܒܵܪܟܹܢ (bārkēn)	ܒܵܪܟܹܬ (bārkēt)	ܒܵܪܹܟ (bārēk)	ܒܵܪܟܲܚ (bārkaḥ)	ܒܵܪܟܝܼܬܘܿܢ (bārkītōn)	ܒܵܪܟܝܼ (bārkī)
	f	ܒܵܪܟܵܢ (bārkān)	ܒܵܪܟܵܬܝ (bārkāt)	ܒܵܪܟܵܐ (bārkā)
imperative	m		ܒܪܘܿܟ (brōk)			ܒܪܘܿܟܘܼܢ (brōkūn)
	f		ܒܪܘܿܟܝ (brōk)
passive past	m	ܒܪܝܼܟܸܢ (brīkin)	ܒܪܝܼܟܸܬ (brīkit)	ܒܪܝܼܟ (brīk)	ܒܪܝܼܟܸܚ (brīkiḥ)	ܒܪܝܼܟܝܼܬܘܿܢ (brīkītōn)	ܒܪܝܼܟܝܼ (brīkī)
	f	ܒܪܝܼܟܲܢ (brīkan)	ܒܪܝܼܟܲܬܝ (brīkat)	ܒܪܝܼܟܵܐ (brīkā)

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References

• “ܒܵܪܸܟ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2021 July 3 (last accessed)
• “ܒܵܪܸܟ݂”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2021 January 1 (last accessed)
• Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܵܪܸܟ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 39b
• Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܵܪܸܟ݂”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 154b

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܒ-ܪ-ܟ related to kneeling, from Proto-Semitic; cognate with Arabic بَرَكَ (baraka), بَارَكَ (bāraka), Hebrew בָּרַךְ (bāraḵ), בֵּרַךְ (bēraḵ), בֵּרֵךְ (bērēḵ), Amharic ባረከ (baräkä).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [b(ə.)ˈrax], [b(ə.)ˈrɛx]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbrax], [ˈbrɪx]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbrɑx], [ˈbrex]

Verb

ܒܪܟ • (bəraḵ, bəreḵ) (imperfect ܢܒܪܟ (neḇraḵ) or ܢܒܪܘܟ (neḇroḵ)) (peal construction)

1. to bend, bend down, crouch
2. to kneel, genuflect
3. to bend the knee, bow
4. to bless, hallow

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [b(ə.)ˈrɑx]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbrɑx]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbrox]

Noun

ܒܪܟ • (bərāḵ)

1. absolute singular of ܒܪܟܐ
2. construct state singular of ܒܪܟܐ

References

• “brk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-03
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 38a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 55b-56a
• 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, pages 189b-190a