بلى

See also: بلی

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Adverb

بَلَى • (balā)

1. used to contradict a negative statement

   أَلَمْ تَحْضُرِ ٱلْيَوْمَ؟ بَلَى، لَٰكِنَّكَ لَمْ تُشَاهِدْنِي.

   ʔalam taḥḍuri l-yawma? balā, lākinnaka lam tušāhidnī.

   Haven’t you attended today? I have, only you have not noticed me.

Descendants

• Maltese: mela

Etymology 2

Noun

بِلًى • (bilan) pl

1. plural of بِلْوَة (bilwa, “trial”)
   • 7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, section 37:

     بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ سَهَا وَلَهَا وَنَسِيَ الْمَقَابِرَ وَٱلْبِلَى

     biʔsa l-ʕabdu ʕabdun sahā walahā wanasiya l-maqābira wal-bilā

     What a bad servant is he who is heedless and diverted and forgets about the graves and trials!

Etymology 3

Noun

بِلًى • (bilan) pl

1. plural of بِلْيَة (bilya, “marble”)

Noun

بِلًى • (bilan) m (construct state بِلَى (bilā))

1. verbal noun of بَلِيَ (baliya, “to wear out”) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun بِلًى (bilan)

Singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِلَى bilā	الْبِلَى al-bilā	بِلَى bilā
Nominative	بِلًى bilan	الْبِلَى al-bilā	بِلَى bilā
Accusative	بِلًى bilan	الْبِلَى al-bilā	بِلَى bilā
Genitive	بِلًى bilan	الْبِلَى al-bilā	بِلَى bilā