Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b(ə)rɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܒܪܐ • ‎(brā) m ‎(plural ܒܢܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܒܪܬܐ)

1. son
2. young (of an animal)
3. descendant, scion
4. follower, disciple, partisan
5. member, companion
6. (in the plural) freemen

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *barr-. Cognate with Arabic بَرّ ‎(barr) and Hebrew בַּר ‎(bar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [barrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [barre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܒܪܐ)

1. field, wild, open country
2. outside, outdoors
3. external part, outer side

Inflection

Antonyms

• ܓܘܐ

Etymology 3

Noun

ܒܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܒܪܘܬܐ or ܒܪܬܐ or ܒܪܐ)

1. Alternative spelling of ܒܐܪܐ

Inflection

References

• “br”, 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. 36a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 53a
• 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. 177b