The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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br@n$ noun pl. emphatic= br@n$ N --> br@)n$ N

br ˀnš/brnš, br ˀnšˀ/brnšˀ (bar ˀĕnāš/barnāš, barnāšā) n.m. man, person

Often written as a single word and with aleph elided. Late CPA also ܒܪܢܝܫܐ , pl. ܒܢܝܢܝܫܐ ; Syr. magic also with both elements made plural

1 man, person Com.

br noun pl. emphatic

br, brˀ (bar (ber), brā) n.m. son

plural: bnīn (Sam. const. also bārī!); absolute: bar in literary and Eastern dialects, ber in Western. In the plurals of compounds br almost always appears in the plural form itself.

  1 son, child Com. --(a) of an animal Com.
  2 member of the same cohort (see also 'compounds' 3.2) Com. --(a) metaph.: disciple Syr. (a.1) in const. w. PN of a famous person Syr.
  3 in compounds . --(a) literally characterizing a type of child or son . (a.1) a kinship term . (a.2) a type of creature . (a.3) a small version of something . 1 a small object or being found attached to something else . --(b) characterizing individual members of a class or group . (b.1) same X one: someone sharing a characteristic . (b.2) member of a gentilic group . --(c) s.o marked by a particular acquired characteristic or skill . --(d) liable to be acted upon JBA. --(e) unclassified .
  4 in construct with a unit of time to express age Com. --(a) separated from the time unit by a number Syr. --(b) with a unit of measure to express size Syr.