بغي

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ب غ ي (b-ḡ-y). See also بَغَىٰ (baḡā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɣijj/

Noun

بَغِيّ • (baḡiyy) f (plural بَغَايَا (baḡāyā))

1. prostitute
2. unchaste, harlot, strumpet, callet
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:20:

     أَنَّى يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا

     ʔannā yakūnu lī ḡulāmun walam yamsasnī bašarun walam ʔaku baḡiyyan

     How can I have a boy if no man has touched me and I am not unchaste?

Declension

Declension of noun بَغِيّ (baḡiyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَغِي baḡī	الْبَغِي al-baḡī	بَغِي baḡī
Nominative	بَغِيٌّ baḡiyyun	الْبَغِيُّ al-baḡiyyu	بَغِيُّ baḡiyyu
Accusative	بَغِيًّا baḡiyyan	الْبَغِيَّ al-baḡiyya	بَغِيَّ baḡiyya
Genitive	بَغِيٍّ baḡiyyin	الْبَغِيِّ al-baḡiyyi	بَغِيِّ baḡiyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَغِيَّيْن baḡiyyayn	الْبَغِيَّيْن al-baḡiyyayn	بَغِيَّيْ baḡiyyay
Nominative	بَغِيَّانِ baḡiyyāni	الْبَغِيَّانِ al-baḡiyyāni	بَغِيَّا baḡiyyā
Accusative	بَغِيَّيْنِ baḡiyyayni	الْبَغِيَّيْنِ al-baḡiyyayni	بَغِيَّيْ baḡiyyay
Genitive	بَغِيَّيْنِ baḡiyyayni	الْبَغِيَّيْنِ al-baḡiyyayni	بَغِيَّيْ baḡiyyay
Plural	broken plural invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَغَايَا baḡāyā	الْبَغَايَا al-baḡāyā	بَغَايَا baḡāyā
Nominative	بَغَايَا baḡāyā	الْبَغَايَا al-baḡāyā	بَغَايَا baḡāyā
Accusative	بَغَايَا baḡāyā	الْبَغَايَا al-baḡāyā	بَغَايَا baḡāyā
Genitive	بَغَايَا baḡāyā	الْبَغَايَا al-baḡāyā	بَغَايَا baḡāyā

References

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