Aramaic

Noun

ܒܪܩܐ • ‎(barqa)

1. (Jewish Palestinian Aramaic) lightning

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܒ-ܪ-ܩ ‎(b-r-q) related to shining or flashing. Compare Arabic بَرْق ‎(barq) and Hebrew בָּרָק ‎(bārāq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [barqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [barqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܪܩܐ • ‎(barqā) m ‎(plural ܒܪܩܐ)

1. lightning

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Hebrew בָּרֶקֶת ‎(bāréqeṯ), derived from the same Semitic root related to shining as above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑrqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɑrqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܪܩܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܒܪܩܐ)

1. emerald

Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܒ-ܪ-ܩ ‎(b-r-q) related to polishing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b(ə)rɑqɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܒܪܩܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

1. teeth grating

Inflection

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [barrɑqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [barrɑqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܪܩܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܒܪܩܐ)

1. enchanter, charmer (especially of snakes)

Inflection

References

• “brq”, 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. 38b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 56b
• 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. 192a

Anagrams

• ܒܩܪܐ
• ܩܒܪܐ
• ܩܪܒܐ