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ܒܝܥܬܐ

ܒܝܥܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܒܥܬܐ (bēʿṯāʾ)

Noun

ܒܝܥܬܐ (bêʿṯāʾ) f (plural ܒܝܥܬܐ or ܒܝܥܐ)

  1. egg
  2. (anatomy) skull, crown
  3. (in the plural, anatomy) testicles
  4. (architecture) arch
Inflection

Usage notes

Usually, the plural ܒܝܥܐ (bêʿēʾ) is used for the literal sense of "eggs" while ܒܝܥܬܐ (bêʿāṯāʾ) is used for other senses.

See also

References

  • by(h”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-26
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 29a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 42b-43a
  • 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. 143a