بقا

بَقَا • (baqā) m

1. misspelling of بَقَى (baqā)

بقا • (baʔa)

1. modal particle used for focus; often used at the end of questions, or to express an objection or contrast, as well as other contexts

Probably from Arabic بَقَى (baqā, “to remain, stay”, verb) crystallizing in the third-person masculine past conjugation, even though the verb itself mostly has the voweling بِقِي (biʔi) in the vernacular. For the crystallization, compare قام (ʔām, “up and”), قال (ʔāl, “apparently”), ما عاد (ma ʕād, “no longer”).

• IPA^(key): /baʔa/ [bæʔæ], [baʔa]; /baʔˤa/ [bɑʔɑ]

بقا • (baʔa, baʔ̣a)

1. ...already! (expresses exasperation)

   يلّا انتوق بقا ― yaḷḷa ntōʔ baʔa ― C'mon, spit it out already

   هالشعب حلو يقوم بقا

   haš-šaʕb ḥallo yʔūm baʔa

   This nation is long past due to rise up already

   خَلّصِيني بقا موّتّيني

   ḵallṣīni baʔa mawwattīni

   Hurry up already, you've kept me waiting forever

2. so, so then, and then

   Synonyms: بعدين (baʕdēn), فـ (fa)

   قلتلو يلاقيني بس يخلص الصف بقا التقينا

   ʔiltillo ylāʔīni bas yiḵlaṣ ṣ-ṣaff baʔa ltaʔayna

   I told him to meet me once his class was over, so then we met

3. anymore, any more, remaining

   ما عنا خضرة بقا ― ma ʕinna ḵuḍra baʔa ― We don't have any vegetables left