بئيس
See also: تيئس
Arabic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ب ء س (b ʔ s) |
| 8 terms |
Compare بَئِسَ (baʔisa, “to be miserable, to be wretched”), بَؤُسَ (baʔusa, “to be strong, to be brave”).
Adjective
بَئِيس • (baʔīs) (feminine بَئِيسَة (baʔīsa), masculine plural بَئِيسُون (baʔīsūn) or بُؤَسَاء (buʔasāʔ), feminine plural بَئِيسَات (baʔīsāt), elative أَبْأَس (ʔabʔas))
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | بَئِيس baʔīs |
الْبَئِيس al-baʔīs |
بَئِيسَة baʔīsa |
الْبَئِيسَة al-baʔīsa |
| nominative | بَئِيسٌ baʔīsun |
الْبَئِيسُ al-baʔīsu |
بَئِيسَةٌ baʔīsatun |
الْبَئِيسَةُ al-baʔīsatu |
| accusative | بَئِيسًا baʔīsan |
الْبَئِيسَ al-baʔīsa |
بَئِيسَةً baʔīsatan |
الْبَئِيسَةَ al-baʔīsata |
| genitive | بَئِيسٍ baʔīsin |
الْبَئِيسِ al-baʔīsi |
بَئِيسَةٍ baʔīsatin |
الْبَئِيسَةِ al-baʔīsati |
| dual | masculine | feminine | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | بَئِيسَيْن baʔīsayn |
الْبَئِيسَيْن al-baʔīsayn |
بَئِيسَتَيْن baʔīsatayn |
الْبَئِيسَتَيْن al-baʔīsatayn |
| nominative | بَئِيسَانِ baʔīsāni |
الْبَئِيسَانِ al-baʔīsāni |
بَئِيسَتَانِ baʔīsatāni |
الْبَئِيسَتَانِ al-baʔīsatāni |
| accusative | بَئِيسَيْنِ baʔīsayni |
الْبَئِيسَيْنِ al-baʔīsayni |
بَئِيسَتَيْنِ baʔīsatayni |
الْبَئِيسَتَيْنِ al-baʔīsatayni |
| genitive | بَئِيسَيْنِ baʔīsayni |
الْبَئِيسَيْنِ al-baʔīsayni |
بَئِيسَتَيْنِ baʔīsatayni |
الْبَئِيسَتَيْنِ al-baʔīsatayni |
| plural | masculine | feminine | ||
| sound masculine plural; basic broken plural diptote |
sound feminine plural | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | بَئِيسِين; بُؤَسَاء baʔīsīn; buʔasāʔ |
الْبَئِيسِين; الْبُؤَسَاء al-baʔīsīn; al-buʔasāʔ |
بَئِيسَات baʔīsāt |
الْبَئِيسَات al-baʔīsāt |
| nominative | بَئِيسُونَ; بُؤَسَاءُ baʔīsūna; buʔasāʔu |
الْبَئِيسُونَ; الْبُؤَسَاءُ al-baʔīsūna; al-buʔasāʔu |
بَئِيسَاتٌ baʔīsātun |
الْبَئِيسَاتُ al-baʔīsātu |
| accusative | بَئِيسِينَ; بُؤَسَاءَ baʔīsīna; buʔasāʔa |
الْبَئِيسِينَ; الْبُؤَسَاءَ al-baʔīsīna; al-buʔasāʔa |
بَئِيسَاتٍ baʔīsātin |
الْبَئِيسَاتِ al-baʔīsāti |
| genitive | بَئِيسِينَ; بُؤَسَاءَ baʔīsīna; buʔasāʔa |
الْبَئِيسِينَ; الْبُؤَسَاءِ al-baʔīsīna; al-buʔasāʔi |
بَئِيسَاتٍ baʔīsātin |
الْبَئِيسَاتِ al-baʔīsāti |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “بئيس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بئيس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “بئيس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN