ܒܬܪ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Root
ܒ ܬ ܪ (b t r)
5 terms

Etymology

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From Aramaic בָּתַר (bāṯar), itself from בְּ־ (bə-, in; with) + אֲתַר (ˀăṯar, trace of); related to ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ (aṯrā, country).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [bar.]
  • (Bohtan) IPA(key): [boːtar]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [baːθˤarˤ], [baːθˤɪrˤ], [baːθˤərˤ], [baθˤɪrˤ], [baθˤərˤ]

Preposition

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ܒܵܬ݇ܪ or ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ (bār or bāṯar)

  1. behind, after (in time and space)
    ܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ܒܵܬ݂ܪܘܼܟ݂īlāh bāṯrūḵShe’s behind you.
    ܒܸܬ ܬܵܦܩܲܚ ܒܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܒܵܬ݇ܪ ܕܫܘܼܠܸܡ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܫܘܼܠܵܐ.
    bit tāpqaḥ biḥḏāḏē bār d-šūlim lūḵ šūlā.
    We will meet after you finish work.
    ܩܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܩܲܪܝܼܪܵܐ ܫܘܼܪܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܒܡܸܬܚܵܐ ܟܸܪܝܵܐ ܒܵܬ݇ܪ ܡ̣ܢ ܩܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܬܹܒ݂ܹܝܠܵܝܵܐ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ.
    qrāḇā qarīrā šūrē lāh bmitḥā kiryā bār min qrāḇā tēḇēlāyā trayyānā.
    The Cold War began shortly after the second World War.
  2. following

Usage notes

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  • The English adverb and preposition after does not have an immediate counterpart in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic; rather, a phrase like ܒܵܬ݇ܪ ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ (bār ˁiddānā, literally after (this) time) or ܒܵܬ݇ܪ ܗܵܕܲܟ݂ (bār hādaḵ, literally after such) can be used as an adverb.

Inflection

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    Inflection of ܒܵܬ݇ܪ (bār)
Base Form ܒܵܬ݇ܪ
(bār)
Personal-pronoun including forms singular plural
m f
1st person ܒܵܬ݂ܪܝܼ
(bāṯrī)
ܒܵܬ݂ܪܲܢ
(bāṯran)
2nd person ܒܵܬ݂ܪܘܼܟ݂
(bāṯrūḵ)
ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܟ݂ܝ
(bāṯrāḵ)
ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(bāṯrāwḵōn)
3rd person ܒܵܬ݂ܪܹܗ
(bāṯrēh)
ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܗ̇
(bāṯrāh)
ܒܵܬ݂ܪܗܘܿܢ
(bāṯrhōn)

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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