ܒܪܐ

Compare Arabic بَرَأَ‎ (baraʔa) and Hebrew בָּרָא‎ (bará).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [bɑːreː]

ܒܵܪܹܐ • (bārē) (present participle ܒܪܵܝܵܐ‎ (brāyā), past participle ܒܸܪܝܵܐ‎ (biryā))

1. to create

   Synonym: ܥܵܒ݂ܹܕ݂‎ (ˁāḇēḏ)

   ‏ܡܲܚܵܪܵܐ ܘܐܲܪܕܹܝܟ݂ܠܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܬܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܝܼ ܨܲܠܡܹ̈ܐ، ܚܲܪܬܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܢܝܼ.‎‎

   maḥḥārā w-ardēḵlā qamtā kē bārī ṣalmē, ḥartā kē bānī.

   The engineer and architect create images first, then they build.

   • Genesis 1:1:

     ‏ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬ݂ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܠܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܘܠܐܲܪܥܵܐ‎

     brāšīṯ brē lēh allāhā l-šmayyā w-l-arˁā

     In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

   • Genesis 1:27:

     ‏ܘܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܠܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ ܒܨܲܠܡܹܗ؛ ܒܨܲܠܡܵܐ ܕܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܸܠܹܗ؛ ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܐ ܘܢܸܩܒܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܸܪܝܵܗܝ ܠܹܗ.‎‎

     w-brē lēh allāhā l-barnāšā b-ṣalmēh; bṣalmā d-allāhā brē lēh illēh; diḵrā w-niqbṯā biryāh lēh.

     So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

2. to plant, establish

   Synonyms: ܢܵܨܹܒ݂‎ (nāṣēḇ), ܫܲܬܐܸܣ‎ (šatˀis)

3. to work, function

   Synonym: ܦܵܠܹܚ‎ (pālēḥ)

   ‏ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܲܢ ܠܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܸܒܪܵܝܵܐ‎‎ ― prāsḥizwan lā ìlēh bibrāyā ― Our television isn’t working.

4. (in the masculine form) to be permissible, okay, allowed, alright

   ‏ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܹܐ ܕܫܵܩܠܹܢ ܠܵܗ̇؟‎‎ ― kē bārē d-šāqlēn lāh? ― Is it allowed for me to take it?

   ‏ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܹܐ ܕܥܵܒ݂ܪܲܚ ܬܲܡܵܐ‎ ― lā kē bārē d-ˁāḇraḥ tammā ― It’s not allowed for us to enter there.

   ‏ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܹܐ ܕܡܡܲܠܠܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܗܵܕܲܟ݂ ܥܲܡܹܗ‎ ― lā kē bārē dmmallītōn hādaḵ ˁammēh ― It’s not okay for you to speak like this to him.

5. to happen, be, come to exist

   Synonyms: ܗܵܘܹܐ‎ (hāwē), ܩܲܘܸܡ‎ (qawwim)

   ‏ܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܪܵܝܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܕܗ̇ܘ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ؟‎‎ ― mā ìlēh brāyā gāw d-awa baytā? ― What is going on in the house?

   ‏ܡܹܐܟ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇‎‎ ― mēḵūltā brē lāh ― Food is ready! (literally, “Food became!”)

6. to be born

   Synonyms: ܝܵܠܹܕ‎ (yālēd), ܗܵܘܹܐ‎ (hāwē)

7. to develop, grow larger

   Synonyms: ܪܵܒ݂ܹܐ‎ (rāḇē), ܓܲܪܘܸܣ‎ (garwis)

   ‏ܐ݇ܟ݂ܘܿܠ ܕܒܵܪܹܝܬ‎‎ ― ḵōl d-bārēt ― Eat so that you may grow.

   ‏ܬܲܥܸܠ ܒܒܹܝܬ݂ ܢܘܼܦܵܩܵܐ ܕܒܵܪܹܐ ܓܘܼܫܡܘܿܟ݂‎ ― taˁil bbēṯ nūpāqā dbārē gūšmōḵ ― Work out at the gym that your body may develop.

From Aramaic בְּרָא‎ (bərā), from Proto-Semitic *bin-.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [brɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔub.rɑː], [brɑː]

ܒܪܵܐ • (brā) m (plural ܒ̈ܢܲܝܵܐ‎ (bnayyā), feminine ܒܪܵܬܵܐ‎ (brātā))

1. son (a boy or man in relation to either or both of his parents)

• ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ‎ (brōnā)

From Proto-Semitic *bin-.

• IPA^(key): [b(ə)rɑ(ʔ)]

ܒܪܐ • (brā) m (plural ܒܢܝܐ‎, singular feminine counterpart ܒܪܬܐ‎)

1. son
2. young (of an animal)
3. descendant, scion
4. follower, disciple, partisan
5. member, companion
6. (in the plural) freemen

• ܒܪܘܢܐ‎

• → Hebrew: בר‎

From Proto-Semitic *barr-. Cognate with Arabic بَرّ‎ (barr) and Hebrew בַּר‎ (bar).

• IPA^(key): [barrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [barre(ʔ)] (plural)

ܒܪܐ • (barrā) m (plural ܒܪܐ)

1. field, wild, open country
2. outside, outdoors
3. external part, outer side

• ܓܘܐ‎

• Hebrew: בר מינן‎

ܒܪܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܒܪܘܬܐ‎ or ܒܪܬܐ‎ or ܒܪܐ)

1. Alternative spelling of ܒܐܪܐ‎

• “br”, 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. 36a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 53a
• 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. 177b