ܒܙܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic بز

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛzzɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɛzze(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܒܙܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܙܐ)

1. (anatomy) nipple, teat, breast
2. (pathology) ulcers on the skin of the cornea
3. (figuratively, in the plural) mountains

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܙܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܙ		1st person	ܒܙܝ		ܒܙܢ
	construct	ܒܙ		2nd person	ܒܙܟ	ܒܙܟܝ	ܒܙܟܘܢ	ܒܙܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܙܐ		3rd person	ܒܙܗ	ܒܙܗ	ܒܙܗܘܢ	ܒܙܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܙܝܢ		1st person	ܒܙܝ		ܒܙܝܢ
	construct	ܒܙܝ		2nd person	ܒܙܝܟ	ܒܙܝܟܝ	ܒܙܝܟܘܢ	ܒܙܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܙܐ		3rd person	ܒܙܘܗܝ	ܒܙܝܗ	ܒܙܝܗܘܢ	ܒܙܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܬܕܐ
• ܚܠܡܬܐ ܕܬܕܐ
• ܚܕܝܐ

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭠𐭦 (bʾz /⁠bāz⁠/). Compare Arabic بَاز (bāz) and Hebrew בַּז (baz).

Alternative forms

• ܒܙܝ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑzɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɑze(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܒܙܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܙܐ)

1. hawk, falcon

   Synonym: ܢܨܐ

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܙܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܙ		1st person	ܒܙܝ		ܒܙܢ
	construct	ܒܙ		2nd person	ܒܙܟ	ܒܙܟܝ	ܒܙܟܘܢ	ܒܙܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܙܐ		3rd person	ܒܙܗ	ܒܙܗ	ܒܙܗܘܢ	ܒܙܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܙܝܢ		1st person	ܒܙܝ		ܒܙܝܢ
	construct	ܒܙܝ		2nd person	ܒܙܝܟ	ܒܙܝܟܝ	ܒܙܝܟܘܢ	ܒܙܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܙܐ		3rd person	ܒܙܘܗܝ	ܒܙܝܗ	ܒܙܝܗܘܢ	ܒܙܝܗܝܢ

Further reading

• “bz”, 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. 27a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 40a
• 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. 132b