ܒܘܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Arabic بُوم (būm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bumɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bume] (plural)

Noun

ܒܘܡܐ • (būmā) c (plural ܒܘܡܐ (būmē))

1. owl (especially screech owl)

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܘܡܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܘܡ		1st person	ܒܘܡܝ		ܒܘܡܢ
	construct	ܒܘܡ		2nd person	ܒܘܡܟ	ܒܘܡܟܝ	ܒܘܡܟܘܢ	ܒܘܡܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܡܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܡܗ	ܒܘܡܗ	ܒܘܡܗܘܢ	ܒܘܡܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܘܡܝܢ		1st person	ܒܘܡܝ		ܒܘܡܝܢ
	construct	ܒܘܡܝ		2nd person	ܒܘܡܝܟ	ܒܘܡܝܟܝ	ܒܘܡܝܟܘܢ	ܒܘܡܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܡܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܡܘܗܝ	ܒܘܡܝܗ	ܒܘܡܝܗܘܢ	ܒܘܡܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܩܘܦܕܐ (qup̄dā)
• ܩܦܘܦܐ (qappūp̄ā)
• ܥܘܕܐ (ʕōḏā)

References

• “bwm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928), Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 63a
• Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 26a
• Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901), Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 468
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 38b
• 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, →ISBN, page 127b