ܒܬܘܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic بَتُول (batūl) and Hebrew בָּתוּל (bāṯûl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b(ə)θulɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [b(ə)θule(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܒܬܘܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܬܘܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܒܬܘܠܬܐ)

1. virgin, celibate
2. (feminine, in the plural) virginity

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܬܘܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܬܘܠ		1st person	ܒܬܘܠܝ		ܒܬܘܠܢ
	construct	ܒܬܘܠ		2nd person	ܒܬܘܠܟ	ܒܬܘܠܟܝ	ܒܬܘܠܟܘܢ	ܒܬܘܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܬܘܠܐ		3rd person	ܒܬܘܠܗ	ܒܬܘܠܗ	ܒܬܘܠܗܘܢ	ܒܬܘܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܬܘܠܝܢ		1st person	ܒܬܘܠܝ		ܒܬܘܠܝܢ
	construct	ܒܬܘܠܝ		2nd person	ܒܬܘܠܝܟ	ܒܬܘܠܝܟܝ	ܒܬܘܠܝܟܘܢ	ܒܬܘܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܬܘܠܐ		3rd person	ܒܬܘܠܘܗܝ	ܒܬܘܠܝܗ	ܒܬܘܠܝܗܘܢ	ܒܬܘܠܝܗܝܢ

References

• “btwl”, 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. 38b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 56b
• 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. 195b