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[edit] Classical Syriac
[edit] Etymology 1
From the root ܒ-ܪ-ܩ (IPA: /b-r-q/) related to shining or flashing. Compare Arabic بَرْق (barq) and Hebrew בָּרָק (bārāq).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [barqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
- IPA: [barqe(ʔ)] (plural)
ܒܪܩܐ m (emphatic plural ܒܪܩܐ)
- lightning
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Hebrew בָּרֶקֶת (bāréqeṯ), derived from the same Semitic root related to shining as above.
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- IPA: [bɑrqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
- IPA: [bɑrqe(ʔ)] (plural)
ܒܪܩܐ m (emphatic plural ܒܪܩܐ)
- emerald
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[edit] Etymology 3
From the root ܒ-ܪ-ܩ (IPA: /b-r-q/) related to polishing.
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ܒܪܩܐ m (uncountable)
- teeth grating
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declension of ܒܪܩܐ
| state | singular (uncountable) |
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| absolute | ܒܪܩ |
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| construct | ܒܪܩ |
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| emphatic | ܒܪܩܐ |
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| possessive forms | |
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| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܒܪܩܝ |
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| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܒܪܩܟ |
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| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܒܪܩܟܝ |
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| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܒܪܩܗ |
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| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܒܪܩܗ |
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| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܒܪܩܢ |
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| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܒܪܩܟܘܢ |
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| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܒܪܩܟܝܢ |
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| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܒܪܩܗܘܢ |
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| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܒܪܩܗܝܢ |
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[edit] Etymology 4
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [barrɑqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
- IPA: [barrɑqe(ʔ)] (plural)
ܒܪܩܐ m (emphatic plural ܒܪܩܐ)
- enchanter, charmer (especially of snakes)
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[edit] References
- Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon
- Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 38b
- Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 56b
- Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 192a
