بيئة
Arabic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ب و ء (b w ʔ) |
| 5 terms |
Compare بَوَّأَ (bawwaʔa, “to provide lodging”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biː.ʔa/
Noun
بِيئَة • (bīʔa) f (plural بِيئَات (bīʔāt))
- natural environment
- لِخَلْقِ بِيئَةٍ جَيِّدَةٍ، يَجِبُ أَنّ تُهَوِّيَ حَوْضَ السَّمَكِ بِٱنْتِظَامٍ.
- liḵalqi bīʔatin jayyidatin, yajibu ʔann tuhawwiya ḥawḍa s-samaki bintiẓāmin.
- To create a good environment, you must aerate the fish tank regularly.
- milieu
- state, condition
- site
- habitation
- hospitable reception
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بِيئَة bīʔa |
الْبِيئَة al-bīʔa |
بِيئَة bīʔat |
| nominative | بِيئَةٌ bīʔatun |
الْبِيئَةُ al-bīʔatu |
بِيئَةُ bīʔatu |
| accusative | بِيئَةً bīʔatan |
الْبِيئَةَ al-bīʔata |
بِيئَةَ bīʔata |
| genitive | بِيئَةٍ bīʔatin |
الْبِيئَةِ al-bīʔati |
بِيئَةِ bīʔati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | بِيئَتَيْن bīʔatayn |
الْبِيئَتَيْن al-bīʔatayn |
بِيئَتَيْ bīʔatay |
| nominative | بِيئَتَانِ bīʔatāni |
الْبِيئَتَانِ al-bīʔatāni |
بِيئَتَا bīʔatā |
| accusative | بِيئَتَيْنِ bīʔatayni |
الْبِيئَتَيْنِ al-bīʔatayni |
بِيئَتَيْ bīʔatay |
| genitive | بِيئَتَيْنِ bīʔatayni |
الْبِيئَتَيْنِ al-bīʔatayni |
بِيئَتَيْ bīʔatay |
| plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بِيئَات bīʔāt |
الْبِيئَات al-bīʔāt |
بِيئَات bīʔāt |
| nominative | بِيئَاتٌ bīʔātun |
الْبِيئَاتُ al-bīʔātu |
بِيئَاتُ bīʔātu |
| accusative | بِيئَاتٍ bīʔātin |
الْبِيئَاتِ al-bīʔāti |
بِيئَاتِ bīʔāti |
| genitive | بِيئَاتٍ bīʔātin |
الْبِيئَاتِ al-bīʔāti |
بِيئَاتِ bīʔāti |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “بيئة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بيئة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “بيئة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Arabic بِيئَة (bīʔa)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biː.ʔa/
Noun
بيئة • (bīʔa) f (feminine بِيئات (bīʔāt))
- (social) environment, circle