Classical Syriac

Noun

ܒܥܝܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܒܥܝܪܐ)

1. sheep, cattle
2. (by extension) domesticated animals, beasts of burden

Usage notes

While feminine in the singular, this word may be either feminine or masculine in the plural.

Antonyms

• ܚܝܘܬܐ

References

• “b(yr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 35a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 50b
• 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. 170b