ܒܠܥܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ܒ-ܠ-ܥ (b-l-ʿ) related to swallowing. Compare Hebrew בֶּלַע (bélaʿ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [b(ə)lɑʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [b(ə)lɑʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܒܠܥܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܒܠܥܐ)

  1. mouthful, gobbet, bolus
  2. swallowing, gurgling
  3. (grammar) omission, elision
  4. (phonology) assimilation

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • blˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 47b
  • 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. 159b