# ܒܪܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

From Aramaic [Term?]. Cognate to Arabic بَرَأَ (baraʔa) and Hebrew בָּרָא (bará). The final sense is from a separate verb Aramaic בְּרָא (bərā, “to be healthy, to be strong, to be substantial”) not found in Classical Syriac; compare Hebrew בָּרִיא (barí, “healthy”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [bɑːreː]

#### Verb

ܒܵܪܹܐ • (bārē)
* (transitive) to create
    Synonym: ܥܵܒ݂ܹܕ݂ (ˁāḇēḏ)
    ܩܲܕ݇ܡܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܲܚܵܪܵܐ ܘܐܲܪܕܹܝܟ݂ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܝܼ ܨܲܠܡܹ̈ܐ.qamṯā maḥḥārā w-ardēḵlā kē bārī ṣalmē.The engineer and architect create images first.
    ܟܹܐ ܡܵܨܹܝܬ ܒܵܪܹܝܬ ܐ݇ܛܪܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܣܡܘܿܩܵܐ ܘܫܥܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ.kē māṣēt bārēt ṭrōḡā min smōqā w-šˁōṯā.You can create the color orange from red and yellow.
** Genesis 1:1:
    ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬ݂ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܠܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܘܠܐܲܪܥܵܐbrāšīṯ brē lēh allāhā l-šmayyā w-l-arˁāIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
** Genesis 1:27:
    ܘܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܠܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ ܒܨܲܠܡܹܗ؛ ܒܨܲܠܡܵܐ ܕܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܸܠܹܗ؛ ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܐ ܘܢܸܩܒܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܸܪܝܵܗܝ ܠܹܗ.So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
* (transitive) to work, function
    Synonym: ܦܵܠܹܚ (pālēḥ)
    ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܲܢ ܠܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܸܒܪܵܝܵܐprāsḥizwan lā ìlēh bibrāyāOur television isn’t working.
* (in the masculine form) to be permissible, okay, allowed, alright, morally proper, lawful
    ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܹܐ ܕܫܵܩܠܹܢ ܠܵܗ̇؟kē bārē d-šāqlēn lāh?Is it allowed for me to take it?
    ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܹܐ ܕܥܵܒ݂ܪܲܚ ܬܲܡܵܐlā kē bārē d-ˁāḇraḥ tammāIt’s not allowed for us to enter there.
    ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܪܹܐ ܕܡܡܲܠܠܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܗܵܕܲܟ݂ ܥܲܡܹܗlā kē bārē dmmallītōn hādaḵ ˁammēhIt’s not okay for you to speak like this to him.
* (intransitive) to happen, be, come to exist
    Synonyms: ܗܵܘܹܐ (hāwē), ܡܩܲܘܸܡ (mqawwim)
    ܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܪܵܝܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܕܗ̇ܘ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ؟mā ìlēh brāyā gāw d-awa baytā?What is going on in that house?
    ܡܹܐܟ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇mēḵultā brē lāhFood is ready!(literally, “Food became!”)
* (intransitive) to be born
    Synonyms: ܝܵܠܹܕ݂ (yālēḏ), ܗܵܘܹܐ (hāwē)
    ܒܪܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܓܵܘ ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ. ― brē lī gāw nīnwē. ― I was born in Nineveh.
    ܒܸܪܝܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܠܲܐܟ݂ܵܐ؟ ― biryā ìwet laˀḵā? ― Were you born here?
* (transitive) to plant, establish
    Synonyms: ܢܵܨܹܒ݂ (nāṣēḇ), ܫܲܬܐܸܣ (šatˀis)
* (intransitive) to grow healthy or strong size, develop, fatten up (of the body or a person/animal in reference to their body)
    Synonyms: ܓܲܪܘܸܣ (garwis), ܪܵܒ݂ܹܐ (rāḇē)
    ܐ݇ܟ݂ܘܿܠ ܕܒܵܪܹܝܬ ― ḵōl d-bārēt ― Eat so that you may develop.
    ܬܲܥܸܠ ܓܵܘ ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܢܘܼܦܵܩܵܐ ܕܒܵܪܹܐ ܓܘܼܫܡܘܼܟ݂taˁil gāw bēṯ nuppāqā d-bārē gušmūḵWork out at the gym that your body may grow [healthy and strong] size.

##### Conjugation

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### Etymology 2

From Aramaic בְּרָא (bərā), from Proto-Semitic *bin-. Compare Turoyo ܐܱܒܪܐ (äbro).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [braː.]
* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [ʔɪb.ra.]

#### Noun

ܒܪܵܐ • (brā) m (plural ܒ̈ܢܲܝܵܐ (bnayyā), feminine ܒܪܵܬܵܐ (brātā))
* (formal, dialectal) son

##### Inflection
#### See also

* ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ (brōnā)

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *bin-.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [b(ə)rɑ]

#### Noun

ܒܪܐ • (brā) m (plural ܒܢܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܒܪܬܐ)
* son
* young (of an animal)
* descendant, scion
* follower, disciple, partisan
* member, companion
* (in the plural) freemen

##### Derived terms

* ܒܪܘܢܐ

##### Descendants

* → Hebrew: בר

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *barr-. Cognate with Arabic بَرّ (barr) and Hebrew בַּר (bar).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [barrɑ] (in the singular)
* IPA: [barre] (in the plural)

#### Noun

ܒܪܐ • (barrā) m (plural ܒܪܐ)
* field, wild, open country
* outside, outdoors
* external part, outer side

##### Antonyms

* ܓܘܐ

##### Descendants

* Hebrew: בר מינן

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

ܒܪܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܒܪܘܬܐ or ܒܪܬܐ or ܒܪܐ)
* Alternative spelling of ܒܐܪܐ

##### Inflection
### Further reading

* “br”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 36a–b
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 53a
* 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 177b