بيت

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See also: بیت and تيب

Arabic

Etymology 1

From root ب ي ت (b-y-t). From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bajt/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

بَيْت (baytm (plural بُيُوت (buyūt) or بُيُوتَات (buyūtāt))

  1. house, building
  2. tent (dwelling)
  3. room, apartment, flat
  4. commercial house
  5. garden bed
  6. family, dynasty
  7. box, case, covering, sheath
Declension
Descendants
  • Egyptian Arabic: بيت (bēt)
  • Maltese: bejt
  • Azerbaijani: beyt
  • Malay: bait
  • Ottoman Turkish: بیت (beyt, beyit)

Noun

بَيْت (baytm (plural أَبْيَات (ʔabyāt))

  1. verse
Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بيت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

بَيَّتَ (bayyata) II, non-past يُبَيِّتُ‎ (yubayyitu)

  1. to brood
  2. to contrive, to hatch (a plan, plot)
  3. to put (someone) up for the night
  4. to flunk, to fail (in school)
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

بِيتَ (bīta) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of بَاتَ (bāta)

Malay

Noun

بيت (plural بيت-بيت or بيت۲, informal 1st possessive بيتکو, 2nd possessive بيتمو, 3rd possessive بيتڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of bait (“house”).