Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛsrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɛsre(ʔ)], [bɛsrɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܣܪܐ • ‎(besrā) m ‎(plural ܒܣܪܢܐ or ܒܣܪܐ)

1. flesh, meat
2. pulp (of fruit)
3. (in the plural) unripe fruit (especially sour grapes)
4. relation, relative
5. (euphemistic, anatomy) ****

Inflection

See also

• ܒܣܪܬܐ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b(ə)sɑrɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܒܣܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

1. humility, baseness

Inflection

References

• “bsr”, 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. 33a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 49b
• 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. 167a