ܒܛܠܢܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܒ ܛ ܠ related to idling. Compare Arabic بُطْلَان (buṭlān) and Hebrew בַּטְלָן (baṭlān).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɛtˤlɑnɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [bɛtˤlɑne] (plural)
Noun
ܒܛܠܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܛܠܢܐ)
- leave of absence, sick leave, hiatus, recess
- leisure
- idleness, negligence, laziness
- vanity
- abolition, annihilation
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܒܛܠܢ | 1st person | ܒܛܠܢܝ | ܒܛܠܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܒܛܠܢ | 2nd person | ܒܛܠܢܟ | ܒܛܠܢܟܝ | ܒܛܠܢܟܘܢ | ܒܛܠܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܒܛܠܢܐ | 3rd person | ܒܛܠܢܗ | ܒܛܠܢܗ | ܒܛܠܢܗܘܢ | ܒܛܠܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܒܛܠܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܒܛܠܢܝ | ܒܛܠܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܒܛܠܢܝ | 2nd person | ܒܛܠܢܝܟ | ܒܛܠܢܝܟܝ | ܒܛܠܢܝܟܘܢ | ܒܛܠܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܒܛܠܢܐ | 3rd person | ܒܛܠܢܘܗܝ | ܒܛܠܢܝܗ | ܒܛܠܢܝܗܘܢ | ܒܛܠܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “bṭln”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 13 March 2013
- Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 28a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 42a
- 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, →ISBN, pages 138b–139a