بئيس

See also: تيئس

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ب ء س (b-ʔ-s); compare بَئِسَ (baʔisa, “to be miserable, to be wretched”), بَؤُسَ (baʔusa, “to be strong, to be brave”).

Adjective

بَئِيس • (baʔīs) (feminine بَئِيسَة (baʔīsa), masculine plural بَئِيسُون (baʔīsūn) or بُؤَسَاء (buʔasāʔ), feminine plural بَئِيسَات (baʔīsāt), elative أَبْأَس (ʔabʔas))

1. miserable, wretched
2. mighty, strong
3. brave, courageous, valiant

Declension

Declension of adjective بَئِيس (baʔīs)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَئِيس baʔīs	الْبَئِيس al-baʔīs	بَئِيسَة baʔīsa	الْبَئِيسَة al-baʔīsa
Nominative	بَئِيسٌ baʔīsun	الْبَئِيسُ al-baʔīsu	بَئِيسَةٌ baʔīsatun	الْبَئِيسَةُ al-baʔīsatu
Accusative	بَئِيسًا baʔīsan	الْبَئِيسَ al-baʔīsa	بَئِيسَةً baʔīsatan	الْبَئِيسَةَ al-baʔīsata
Genitive	بَئِيسٍ baʔīsin	الْبَئِيسِ al-baʔīsi	بَئِيسَةٍ baʔīsatin	الْبَئِيسَةِ al-baʔīsati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَئِيسَيْن baʔīsayn	الْبَئِيسَيْن al-baʔīsayn	بَئِيسَتَيْن baʔīsatayn	الْبَئِيسَتَيْن al-baʔīsatayn
Nominative	بَئِيسَانِ baʔīsāni	الْبَئِيسَانِ al-baʔīsāni	بَئِيسَتَانِ baʔīsatāni	الْبَئِيسَتَانِ al-baʔīsatāni
Accusative	بَئِيسَيْنِ baʔīsayni	الْبَئِيسَيْنِ al-baʔīsayni	بَئِيسَتَيْنِ baʔīsatayni	الْبَئِيسَتَيْنِ al-baʔīsatayni
Genitive	بَئِيسَيْنِ baʔīsayni	الْبَئِيسَيْنِ al-baʔīsayni	بَئِيسَتَيْنِ baʔīsatayni	الْبَئِيسَتَيْنِ al-baʔīsatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَئِيسِين‎; بُؤَسَاء baʔīsīn‎; buʔasāʔ	الْبَئِيسِين‎; الْبُؤَسَاء al-baʔīsīn‎; al-buʔasāʔ	sfm ?	الْsfm ?
Nominative	بَئِيسُونَ‎; بُؤَسَاءُ baʔīsūna‎; buʔasāʔu	الْبَئِيسُونَ‎; الْبُؤَسَاءُ al-baʔīsūna‎; al-buʔasāʔu	sfmٌ ?	الْsfmُ ?
Accusative	بَئِيسِينَ‎; بُؤَسَاءَ baʔīsīna‎; buʔasāʔa	الْبَئِيسِينَ‎; الْبُؤَسَاءَ al-baʔīsīna‎; al-buʔasāʔa	sfmًا ?	الْsfmَ ?
Genitive	بَئِيسِينَ‎; بُؤَسَاءَ baʔīsīna‎; buʔasāʔa	الْبَئِيسِينَ‎; الْبُؤَسَاءِ al-baʔīsīna‎; al-buʔasāʔi	sfmٍ ?	الْsfmِ ?

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “بئيس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بئيس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “بئيس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN