بأساء

Arabic

Root
ب ء س (b ʔ s)
8 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʔ.saːʔ/

Noun

بَأْسَاء • (baʔsāʔ) f

1. (times of) adversity, affliction, distress, calamity

   Antonym: سَرَّاء‎ (sarrāʔ)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:177:

     وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ فِى ٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ وَحِينَ ٱلْبَأْسِ ۗ

     and who are patient in times of suffering, adversity, and in ˹the heat of˺ battle.

2. war, combat

Declension

Declension of noun بَأْسَاء (baʔsāʔ)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَأْسَاء baʔsāʔ	الْبَأْسَاء al-baʔsāʔ	بَأْسَاء baʔsāʔ
Nominative	بَأْسَاءُ baʔsāʔu	الْبَأْسَاءُ al-baʔsāʔu	بَأْسَاءُ baʔsāʔu
Accusative	بَأْسَاءَ baʔsāʔa	الْبَأْسَاءَ al-baʔsāʔa	بَأْسَاءَ baʔsāʔa
Genitive	بَأْسَاءَ baʔsāʔa	الْبَأْسَاءِ al-baʔsāʔi	بَأْسَاءِ baʔsāʔi

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: بأسا (be'sa)