ܒܬܘܠܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic بَتُولَة‎ (batūla(t)) and Hebrew בְּתוּלָה‎ (bəṯûlâ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [b(ə)θultɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [b(ə)θulɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܬܘܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܒܬܘܠܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܒܬܘܠܐ‎)

  1. maiden, virgin, celibate

Inflection
    declension of ܒܬܘܠܬܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܒܬܘܠܐ ܒܬܘܠܢ
construct ܒܬܘܠܬ ܒܬܘܠܬ
emphatic ܒܬܘܠܬܐ ܒܬܘܠܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܒܬܘܠܬܝ ܒܬܘܠܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܒܬܘܠܬܟ ܒܬܘܠܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܒܬܘܠܬܟܝ ܒܬܘܠܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܒܬܘܠܬܗ ܒܬܘܠܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܒܬܘܠܬܗ ܒܬܘܠܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܒܬܘܠܬܢ ܒܬܘܠܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܒܬܘܠܬܟܘܢ ܒܬܘܠܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܒܬܘܠܬܟܝܢ ܒܬܘܠܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܒܬܘܠܬܗܘܢ ܒܬܘܠܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܒܬܘܠܬܗܝܢ ܒܬܘܠܬܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܒܬܘܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f

  1. (astrology, astronomy) Virgo (constellation and zodiac sign)

References
  • “btwlh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 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. 57a
  • 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. 196a
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