بقاء

Arabic

Noun

بَقَاء • (baqāʔ) m

1. verbal noun of بَقِيَ (baqiya, “to remain”) (form I)
2. remaining, lasting, enduring
3. continuance, duration
4. perpetual existence

   دَار اَلْبَقَاء

   dār al-baqāʔ

   the abode of everlasting existence, i.e. the hereafter, Heaven

Declension

Declension of noun بَقَاء (baqāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَقَاء baqāʔ	الْبَقَاء al-baqāʔ	بَقَاء baqāʔ
Nominative	بَقَاءٌ baqāʔun	الْبَقَاءُ al-baqāʔu	بَقَاءُ baqāʔu
Accusative	بَقَاءً baqāʔan	الْبَقَاءَ al-baqāʔa	بَقَاءَ baqāʔa
Genitive	بَقَاءٍ baqāʔin	الْبَقَاءِ al-baqāʔi	بَقَاءِ baqāʔi

Antonyms

• فَنَاء (fanāʔ), زَوَال (zawāl)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: baka
• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: beqa

  → Central Kurdish: بەقا (beqa)

• → Malay: alam baqa (“afterlife”)
• → Persian: بقا (baqâ)
• → Turkish: beka

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “بقاء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بقاء”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen