باهت

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ب ه ت (b-h-t)

Derived from the active participle of بَهِتَ (bahita, “to be pale”), بَهُتَ (bahuta, “(same)”), and passive verb بُهِتَ (buhita, “(same)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baː.hit/

Adjective

بَاهِت • (bāhit) (feminine بَاهِتَة (bāhita), masculine plural بَوَاهِت (bawāhit))

1. pale, pallid, faded (color)

   Synonym: شَاحِب (šāḥib)

2. faint, amazed, perplexed

Declension

Declension of adjective بَاهِت (bāhit)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَاهِت bāhit	الْبَاهِت al-bāhit	بَاهِتَة bāhita	الْبَاهِتَة al-bāhita
Nominative	بَاهِتٌ bāhitun	الْبَاهِتُ al-bāhitu	بَاهِتَةٌ bāhitatun	الْبَاهِتَةُ al-bāhitatu
Accusative	بَاهِتًا bāhitan	الْبَاهِتَ al-bāhita	بَاهِتَةً bāhitatan	الْبَاهِتَةَ al-bāhitata
Genitive	بَاهِتٍ bāhitin	الْبَاهِتِ al-bāhiti	بَاهِتَةٍ bāhitatin	الْبَاهِتَةِ al-bāhitati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَاهِتَيْن bāhitayn	الْبَاهِتَيْن al-bāhitayn	بَاهِتَتَيْن bāhitatayn	الْبَاهِتَتَيْن al-bāhitatayn
Nominative	بَاهِتَانِ bāhitāni	الْبَاهِتَانِ al-bāhitāni	بَاهِتَتَانِ bāhitatāni	الْبَاهِتَتَانِ al-bāhitatāni
Accusative	بَاهِتَيْنِ bāhitayni	الْبَاهِتَيْنِ al-bāhitayni	بَاهِتَتَيْنِ bāhitatayni	الْبَاهِتَتَيْنِ al-bāhitatayni
Genitive	بَاهِتَيْنِ bāhitayni	الْبَاهِتَيْنِ al-bāhitayni	بَاهِتَتَيْنِ bāhitatayni	الْبَاهِتَتَيْنِ al-bāhitatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَوَاهِت bawāhit	الْبَوَاهِت al-bawāhit	بَاهِتَات bāhitāt	الْبَاهِتَات al-bāhitāt
Nominative	بَوَاهِتُ bawāhitu	الْبَوَاهِتُ al-bawāhitu	بَاهِتَاتٌ bāhitātun	الْبَاهِتَاتُ al-bāhitātu
Accusative	بَوَاهِتَ bawāhita	الْبَوَاهِتَ al-bawāhita	بَاهِتَاتٍ bāhitātin	الْبَاهِتَاتِ al-bāhitāti
Genitive	بَوَاهِتَ bawāhita	الْبَوَاهِتِ al-bawāhiti	بَاهِتَاتٍ bāhitātin	الْبَاهِتَاتِ al-bāhitāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “بهت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN