See also: بیت and تيب

Arabic

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Root
ب ي ت (b y t)
6 terms

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “is "verse" a semantical evolution”)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bajt/
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Noun

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

  1. house, building
  2. tent (dwelling)
  3. room, apartment, flat
  4. commercial house
  5. settlement, decision, scheme
  6. garden bed
  7. family, dynasty
  8. box, case, covering, sheath
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Egyptian Arabic: بيت (bēt)
  • Gulf Arabic: بيت (bēt)
  • Hijazi Arabic: بيت (bēt)
  • Maltese: bejt
  • Moroccan Arabic: بيت (bīt), بيت (bayt)
  • Azerbaijani: beyt
  • Malay: bait
  • Persian: بیت (beyt)

Noun

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بَيْت (baytm (plural أَبْيَات (ʔabyāt))

  1. (poetry) verse, couplet, distich
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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بَيَّتَ (bayyata) II (non-past يُبَيِّتُ (yubayyitu), verbal noun تَبْيِيت (tabyīt))

  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)
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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بِيتَ (bīta) (form I) /biː.ta/

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

References

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

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ب ي ت
2 terms

Etymology 1

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From Arabic بَيْت (bayt).

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Noun

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بيت (bētm (plural بِيُوت (biyūt) or بيوت (buyūt))

  1. house, building
  2. commercial house
  3. family, dynasty

Etymology 2

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From Arabic بَيَّتَ (bayyata).

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Verb

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بَيَّت (bayyat) II (non-past يِبَيِّت (yibayyit))

  1. to stay out overnight
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of بيت (bayyat)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بيتّ (bayyatt) بيتّ (bayyatt) بيت (bayyat) بيتنا (bayyatna) بيتّوا (bayyattu) بيتوا (bayyatu)
f بيتّي (bayyatti) بيتت (bayyatat)
non-past m أبيت (ʔabayyit) تبيت (tibayyit) يبيت (yibayyit) نبيت (nibayyit) تبيتوا (tibayyitu) يبيتوا (yibayyitu)
f تبيتي (tibayyiti) تبيت (tibayyit)
imperative m بيت (bayyit) بيتوا (bayyitu)
f بيتي (bayyiti)

Malay

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

  1. Jawi spelling of bait (house)‎.

Moroccan Arabic

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Root
ب ي ت
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Etymology 1

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From Arabic بَيْت (bayt).

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Noun

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بِيت or بَيْت (bīt or baytm (plural بيوت (byūt) or بيوتة (byūta))

  1. room
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Etymology 2

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From Arabic بَيَّتَ (bayyata).

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بيت (bayyat) II (non-past يبيت (ybayyat))

  1. to put up someone for the night
  2. to provide lodging
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    Conjugation of بيت
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بيّتّ (bayyatt) بيّتّي (bayyatti) بيّت (bayyat) بيّتنا (bayyatna) بيّتّوا (bayyattu) بيّتوا (bayytu)
f بيّتت (bayytāt)
non-past m نبيّت (nbayyat) تبيّت (tbayyat) يبيّت (ybayyat) نبيّتوا (nbayytu) تبيّتوا (tbayytu) يبيّتوا (ybayytu)
f تبيّتي (tbayyti) تبيّت (tbayyat)
imperative m بيّت (bayyat) بيّتوا (bayytu)
f بيّتي (bayyti)

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ب ي ت
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Etymology

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From Arabic بَيْت (bayt).

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بيت (bētm (plural بيوت (byūt))

  1. house, home
    Synonym: دار (dār)
    صاحب البيتṣāḥeb il-bētthe landlord (literally, “the owner of the house”)
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  2. case (container)
    بيت النضاراتbēt in-naḍḍārātglasses case
    بيت مخدةbēt mḵaddepillowcase
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