ܒܪܕܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܒܪܕܐ

Etymology

Root
ܒ ܪ ܕ (b r d)
1 term

From Aramaic בַּרְדָא (barḏā); cognate to Arabic بَرَد (barad) and Hebrew בָּרָד (barád).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [bar.əðaː.]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [par.əða.]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [barə.daː]

Noun

ܒܲܪܕ݂ܵܐ • (barḏā) m sg (plural ܒܲܪ̈ܕ݂ܹܐ (barḏē))

  1. (uncountable) hail
    ܒܲܪܕ݂ܵܐ ܒܸܨܠܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ― barḏā biṣlāyā ìlēh ― It is hailing (literally, “Hail is 'descending'”)
  2. (countable) snow cone
  3. (pathology) kind of eyelid disease

Inflection

Derived terms

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic بَرَد (barad) and Hebrew בָּרָד (bārāḏ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bar(ə)ðɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܒܪܕܐ • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. hail
Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew בָּרֹד (bārōḏ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɑrdɑ(ʔ)]

Adjective

ܒܪܕܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܪܕܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܒܪܕܬܐ)

  1. gloomy, dark-coloured, bluish
  2. variegated, spotted, speckled
Inflection

Noun

ܒܪܕܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܪܕܐ)

  1. (pathology) kind of eyelid disease
Inflection

References

  • “brd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 37b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 55a
  • 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. 186a
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