بغير
Arabic
Etymology
بِـ (bi-, “with”) + غَيْر (ḡayr, “other than”)
Preposition
بِغَيْرِ • (bi-ḡayri)
- without
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:8:
- وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يُجَادِلُ فِي اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَلَا هُدًى وَلَا كِتَابٍ مُّنِيرٍ
- wamina n-nāsi man yujādilu fī l-lahi biḡayri ʕilmin walā hudan walā kitābin munīrin
- ˹Still˺ there are some who dispute about Allah without knowledge, guidance, or an enlightening scripture.
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:38:
- لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِۦ وَٱللَّهُ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍۢ
- ˹hoping˺ that Allah may reward them according to the best of their deeds, and increase them out of His grace. And Allah provides for whoever He wills without limit.
Inflection
| base form | بِغَيْرِ (bi-ḡayri) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun including forms | |||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||
| m | f | m | f | ||
| 1st person | بِغَيْرِي (bi-ḡayrī) | بِغَيْرِنَا (bi-ḡayrinā) | |||
| 2nd person | بِغَيْرِكَ (bi-ḡayrika) | بِغَيْرِكِ (bi-ḡayriki) | بِغَيْرِكُمَا (bi-ḡayrikumā) | بِغَيْرِكُمْ (bi-ḡayrikum) | بِغَيْرِكُنَّ (bi-ḡayrikunna) |
| 3rd person | بِغَيْرِهِ (bi-ḡayrihi) | بِغَيْرِهَا (bi-ḡayrihā) | بِغَيْرِهِمَا (bi-ḡayrihimā) | بِغَيْرِهِمْ (bi-ḡayrihim) | بِغَيْرِهِنَّ (bi-ḡayrihinna) |
Synonyms
- بِلَا (bilā)
Descendants
- ⇒ Gujarati: વગર (vagar)