ܒܝܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic بَيْنَ (bayna) and Hebrew בֵּין (bēn).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [beːn]

Preposition

ܒܹܝܢ • (bēn)

  1. between, among
    ܗܵܢܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܲܝܢܝܼ ܘܒܲܝܢܘܼܟ݂. ― hānā ìlēh baynī w-baynōḵ. ― This is between me and you.
    ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܕܪܵܫܵܐ ܒܲܝܢܵܬ݂ܲܢ. ― īṯ drāšā baynāṯan ― There is arguing between us.
    ܬܵܦܩܲܚ ܒܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܒܹܝܢ ܒܫܵܥܲܝ̈ ܬܠܵܬ݂ ܘܒܹܝܢ ܐܲܪܒܲܥ. ― tāpqaḥ biḥḏāḏē bēn bšāˁay tlāṯ w-bēn arbaˁ. ― Let’s meet between three and four o’clock.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܒܲܝܢܲܝ (baynay, “inter-”)
  • ܒܹܝܢ ܒܹܝܢ (bēn bēn)
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