# ܒܪܩܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology

From Aramaic בַּרקָא (barqā), from Proto-Semitic *baraḳ- (“lightning”); compare Arabic بَرْق (barq), Hebrew בָּרָק (barák).

### Pronunciation 1

* (Standard) IPA: [bɪr.qɑː]

#### Noun

ܒܸܪܩܵܐ • (birqā) m sg (plural ܒܸܪ̈ܩܹܐ (birqē))
* lightning (high voltage between a cloud and the ground accompanied by a bright flash)
    ܥܲܠܥܵܠܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ ܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܬܸܡܵܠ ܒܠܲܝܠܹܐ، ܥܲܡ ܒܸܪܩܵܐ ܘܪܲܥܡܵܐ.ˁalˁālā rabbā wē lēh timmāl b-laylē, ˁam birqā w-raˁmā.A big storm happened last night, with lightning and thunder.
* (by extension) electricity
    ܐܵܦ ܟܲܕ ܦܪܝܼܥ ܠܲܢ ܐܲܒܙܵܪܵܐ ܝܵܘܡܵܐ ܡܫܵܘܚܪܵܐܝܼܬ، ܒܸܪܩܵܐ ܩܛܝܼܥ ܠܹܗ ܨܵܦܘܿܚܵܐܝܼܬ.āp kad prīˁ lan abzārā yāwmā mšāwḥrāˀīt, birqā qṭīˁ lēh ṣāpōḥāˀīt.Despite paying the bill a day late, the electricity cut suddenly.
* Ellipsis of ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܐ ܕܒܸܪܩܵܐ (šrāḡā dbirqā, “electrical light, lamp”).

##### Derived terms

* ܒܸܪܩܵܝܵܐ (birqāyā, “electrical, electrical”)
* ܒܸܪܩܵܢܵܐ (birqānā, “lightning-like”)
* ܒܲܪܸܩ (barriq, “to electrify”)

### Pronunciation 2

* (Standard) IPA: [bar.rɑːqɑː]

#### Noun

ܒܲܪܵܩܵܐ • (barrāqā) m sg (plural ܒܲܪ̈ܵܩܹܐ (barrāqē), feminine ܒܲܪܵܩܬܵܐ (barrāqtā))
* electrician
* enchanter

##### Inflection
## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *baraḳ- (“lightning”); compare Arabic بَرْق (barq), Hebrew בָּרָק (bārāq).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Edessan) IPA: [ˈbar.qɑ]
* (Eastern Syriac) IPA: [ˈbar.qɑ]
* (Western Syriac) IPA: [ˈbɑr.qo]

#### Noun

ܒܪܩܐ • (barqā) m (plural ܒܪܩܐ (barqē))
* lightning

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Edessan) IPA: [ˈbɑr.qɑ]
* (Eastern Syriac) IPA: [ˈbɑr.qɑ]
* (Western Syriac) IPA: [ˈbor.qo]

#### Noun

ܒܪܩܐ • (bārqā) m (plural ܒܪܩܐ (bārqē))
* emerald
    Synonym: ܟܐܦܐ ܢܗܪܝܬܐ

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Edessan) IPA: [b(ə.)ˈrɑ.qɑ]
* (Eastern Syriac) IPA: [ˈbrɑ.qɑ]
* (Western Syriac) IPA: [ˈbro.qo]

#### Noun

ܒܪܩܐ • (bərāqā) m(uncountable)
* teeth grating

##### Inflection
### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Edessan) IPA: [barˈrɑ.qɑ]
* (Eastern Syriac) IPA: [barˈrɑ.qɑ]
* (Western Syriac) IPA: [bɑˈro.qo]

#### Noun

ܒܪܩܐ • (barrāqā) m (plural ܒܪܩܐ)
* enchanter, charmer (especially of snakes)

##### Inflection
### References

* “brq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-29
* “brq$^5$”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-29
* “brq$^4$”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-29
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 38b
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 192a

### Anagrams

* ܒܩܪܐ
* ܩܒܪܐ
* ܩܪܒܐ