ܒܨܝܪ

Absolute state of ܒܨܝܼܪܵܐ‎ (bṣīrā).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [bəsˤiːr]

ܒܨܝܼܪ • (bṣir)

1. less, fewer

   Antonym: ܝܲܬܝܼܪ‎ (yatir)

   ‏ܩܵܡܘܿܕܝܼ ܩܘܼܒܸܠ ܠܝܼ ܒܨܝܼܪ ܡܸܢܹܗ؟‎‎ ― qāmodī qubil lī bṣir minnēh? ― Why did I receive less than him?

   ‏ܡܸܢܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܬܸܡܵܠ ܒܨܝܼܪ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܸܕܝܘܿܡ ܝܼܗ݇ܘܵܘ.‎‎ ― minyānē dtimmāl bṣir min idyom īwā. ― Yesterday’s numbers were less than today.

• As a determiner this term has only one form, and when other parts of a sentence agree with it in gender and/or number, they take the gender and/or number of its implicit subject.
• ܒܨܝܼܪ is typically used in concert with the preposition ܡ̣ܢ‎ (min, “from”) serving the same role as than serves in English.

• ܠܲܒܨܝܼܪ‎ (labṣir, “at least”)

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, equivalent to being from the above.

• ܒܲܨܸܪ‎ (baṣṣir)

• (standard) IPA^(key): [bəsˤiːr]

ܒܨܝܼܪ • (bṣir)

1. minus used to indicate the operation of subtraction

   Coordinate terms: ܝܲܬܝܼܪ‎ (yatir, “plus”), ܓܵܗܹ̈ܐ‎ (gāhē, “times”), ܦܲܠܸܓ݂‎ (palliḡ, “divided by”)

   ‏ܫܲܒ݂ܥܵܐ ܒܨܝܼܪ ܬܠܵܬܵܐ ܫܵܘܹܐ ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ‎ ― šaḇʿā bṣir tlātā šāwē arbʿā ― seven minus three equals four