بائس

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of بَئِسَ (baʔisa, “to be miserable, to be wretched”), from the root ب ء س (b-ʔ-s).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

بَائِس • (bāʔis) (feminine بَائِسَة (bāʔisa), masculine plural بَائِسُونَ (bāʔisūna) or بُؤَسَاء (buʔasāʔ), feminine plural بَائِسَات (bāʔisāt), elative أَبْأَس (ʔabʔas))

1. miserable, wretched, dejected, despondent

Declension

Declension of adjective بَائِس (bāʔis)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَائِس bāʔis	الْبَائِس al-bāʔis	بَائِسَة bāʔisa	الْبَائِسَة al-bāʔisa
Nominative	بَائِسٌ bāʔisun	الْبَائِسُ al-bāʔisu	بَائِسَةٌ bāʔisatun	الْبَائِسَةُ al-bāʔisatu
Accusative	بَائِسًا bāʔisan	الْبَائِسَ al-bāʔisa	بَائِسَةً bāʔisatan	الْبَائِسَةَ al-bāʔisata
Genitive	بَائِسٍ bāʔisin	الْبَائِسِ al-bāʔisi	بَائِسَةٍ bāʔisatin	الْبَائِسَةِ al-bāʔisati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَائِسَيْن bāʔisayn	الْبَائِسَيْن al-bāʔisayn	بَائِسَتَيْن bāʔisatayn	الْبَائِسَتَيْن al-bāʔisatayn
Nominative	بَائِسَانِ bāʔisāni	الْبَائِسَانِ al-bāʔisāni	بَائِسَتَانِ bāʔisatāni	الْبَائِسَتَانِ al-bāʔisatāni
Accusative	بَائِسَيْنِ bāʔisayni	الْبَائِسَيْنِ al-bāʔisayni	بَائِسَتَيْنِ bāʔisatayni	الْبَائِسَتَيْنِ al-bāʔisatayni
Genitive	بَائِسَيْنِ bāʔisayni	الْبَائِسَيْنِ al-bāʔisayni	بَائِسَتَيْنِ bāʔisatayni	الْبَائِسَتَيْنِ al-bāʔisatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَائِسِين‎; بُؤَسَاء bāʔisīn‎; buʔasāʔ	الْبَائِسِين‎; الْبُؤَسَاء al-bāʔisīn‎; al-buʔasāʔ	بَائِسَات bāʔisāt	الْبَائِسَات al-bāʔisāt
Nominative	بَائِسُونَ‎; بُؤَسَاءُ bāʔisūna‎; buʔasāʔu	الْبَائِسُونَ‎; الْبُؤَسَاءُ al-bāʔisūna‎; al-buʔasāʔu	بَائِسَاتٌ bāʔisātun	الْبَائِسَاتُ al-bāʔisātu
Accusative	بَائِسِينَ‎; بُؤَسَاءَ bāʔisīna‎; buʔasāʔa	الْبَائِسِينَ‎; الْبُؤَسَاءَ al-bāʔisīna‎; al-buʔasāʔa	بَائِسَاتٍ bāʔisātin	الْبَائِسَاتِ al-bāʔisāti
Genitive	بَائِسِينَ‎; بُؤَسَاءَ bāʔisīna‎; buʔasāʔa	الْبَائِسِينَ‎; الْبُؤَسَاءِ al-bāʔisīna‎; al-buʔasāʔi	بَائِسَاتٍ bāʔisātin	الْبَائِسَاتِ al-bāʔisāti

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بائس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “بؤس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN