ܒܝܬ
Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈbe̝θ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbeθ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbeθ]
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt, “house; letter beth”), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-; compare Hebrew בֵּית (bêṯ).
Alternative forms
- ܒܝܬܐ (bêṯā)
Coordinate terms
- Previous: ܐܠܦ
- Next: ܓܡܠ
See also
- ܒ (b)
Etymology 3
A contraction of ܒܝܢܬ (baynāṯ, “among, between”).
Preposition
ܒܝܬ • (bêṯ)
- Alternative form of ܒܝܢܬ (baynāṯ)
Usage notes
Unlike the uncontracted form, this form does not take pronominal suffixes.
References
- “by2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-26
- “byt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-26
- Coakley, J. F. (2013) Robinson's Paradigms and Exercises in Syriac Grammar, 6th edition, Oxford: University Press, page 31
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 29a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 33a, 43a, 44b
- 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, page 114a
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