The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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by$ A02

OA, OfA bˀyš; CPA distinguishes between the spellings with and without aleph, with the former reserved for the meaning "sick". What difference in pronunciation may have existed is not clear, but one normally assumes the former is bisyllabic as opposed to this form; cf. bˀyš #2 adj.

  1 evil, bad (i.e., the anithesis of good) Com. --(a) The Evil One: i.e., the Devil Syr.
  2 bad ( i.e., harmful, debilitating) Com. --(a) ܒܝܫ ܒܝܫ : adv. : in the worst way Syr.
  3 (of face) sad looking, upset Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA.
  4 b)y$ : sick : see s.v. bˀyš #2 adj. CPA.

by$h noun sg. emphatic

byšh, byštˀ (bīšā, bīštā) n.f. evil

1 evil, bad thing OfA-Egypt, Qum, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA.
2 in construct with following noun: equivalent to Greek privative alpha CPA.