ܒܬܪܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܒ ܬ ܪ (b t r)
5 terms

Etymology

Nominalized from ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܐ (back, rear) +‎ -ܝܬܐ (-āytā, the feminine attributive adjective ending).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [bɑθːrɑjːtɑː]

Noun

ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܝܬܵܐ • (bāṯrāytā) m sg (plural ܒܵܬ݂ܪ̈ܵܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (bāṯrāyāṯē))

  1. background (of a picture or the like)
    ܫܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܒܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܝܬܵܐ ܕܨܘܼܪܬܵܐ. ― šḇāḇē b-bāṯrāytā d-ṣurtā. ― The neighbours in the background of the picture.
    ܩܵܐ ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܝܬܵܐ، ܡܵܘܣܸܦ ܥܢܵܢܹ̈ܐ. ― qā bāṯrāytā, māwsip ˁnānē. ― For the background, add clouds.
  2. (figuratively) background, an ambient environment
    ܡܘܿܣܝܼܩܲܬ݂ ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܝܬܵܐ ― mōsīqaṯ bāṯrāytā ― background music
    ܥܲܡ ܡܘܿܣܝܼܩܹܐ ܒܸܡܚܵܝܵܐ ܒܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܝܬܵܐ ― ˁam mōsīqē bimḥāyā b-bāṯrāytā ― with music playing in the background
  3. (by extension, figuratively) background, person’s heritage, upbringing, and so on.
    ܣܢܹܐܓ݂ܪܵܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܹܗ ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܝܬܵܐ ܒܝܘܼܠܦܵܢ ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ ― snēḡrā īṯ lēh bāṯrāytā b-yulpān ḥāšōḇē ― The lawyer has a background in computer science.
    ܣܘܼܪܚܵܢܵܝܵܐ ܐܸܬ݂ܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܝܬܵܐ ܩܫܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ. ― surḥānāyā iṯyā ìlēh min bāṯrāytā qšīṯā. ― The criminal comes from a rough background.
  4. (computing) background, wallpaper (image used to cover a desktop)

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Adjective

ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܝܬܵܐ • (bāṯrāytā) f sg (plural ܒܵܬ݂ܪ̈ܵܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (bāṯrāyāṯē))

  1. feminine of ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܝܵܐ (bāṯrāyā, “back”)
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