بطء

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ب ط ء (b-ṭ-ʔ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /butˤʔ/

Noun

بُطْء • (buṭʔ) m

1. verbal noun of بَطُؤَ (baṭuʔa, “to be slow”) (form I)
2. laziness, indolence
3. slowness

   Synonyms: بُطُوء (buṭūʔ), بِطَاء (biṭāʔ)

Declension

Declension of noun بُطْء (buṭʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُطْء buṭʔ	الْبُطْء al-buṭʔ	بُطْء buṭʔ
Nominative	بُطْءٌ buṭʔun	الْبُطْءُ al-buṭʔu	بُطْءُ buṭʔu
Accusative	بُطْءًا buṭʔan	الْبُطْءَ al-buṭʔa	بُطْءَ buṭʔa
Genitive	بُطْءٍ buṭʔin	الْبُطْءِ al-buṭʔi	بُطْءِ buṭʔi

Related terms

• إِبْطَاء (ʔibṭāʔ, “delay, tardiness”)
• بِبُطْءٍ (bibuṭʔin, “slowly (ie, with slowness)”)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “بطء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Corriente, Federico (2005) “بطء”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎^[2] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 75
• Al-Misbaah al-Muneer by al-Fayyumi (d. 1368 CE) المصباح المنير للفيّومي