بائس
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
| Root |
|---|
| ب ء س (b-ʔ-s) |
Derived from the active participle of بَئِسَ (baʔisa, “to be miserable, to be wretched”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
بَائِس • (bāʔis) (feminine بَائِسَة (bāʔisa), masculine plural بَائِسُونَ (bāʔisūna) or بُؤَسَاء (buʔasāʔ), feminine plural بَائِسَات (bāʔisāt), elative أَبْأَس (ʔabʔas))
Declension edit
Declension of adjective بَائِس (bāʔis)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | بَائِس bāʔis |
الْبَائِس al-bāʔis |
بَائِسَة bāʔisa |
الْبَائِسَة al-bāʔisa |
| Nominative | بَائِسٌ bāʔisun |
الْبَائِسُ al-bāʔisu |
بَائِسَةٌ bāʔisatun |
الْبَائِسَةُ al-bāʔisatu |
| Accusative | بَائِسًا bāʔisan |
الْبَائِسَ al-bāʔisa |
بَائِسَةً bāʔisatan |
الْبَائِسَةَ al-bāʔisata |
| Genitive | بَائِسٍ bāʔisin |
الْبَائِسِ al-bāʔisi |
بَائِسَةٍ bāʔisatin |
الْبَائِسَةِ al-bāʔisati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | بَائِسَيْن bāʔisayn |
الْبَائِسَيْن al-bāʔisayn |
بَائِسَتَيْن bāʔisatayn |
الْبَائِسَتَيْن al-bāʔisatayn |
| Nominative | بَائِسَانِ bāʔisāni |
الْبَائِسَانِ al-bāʔisāni |
بَائِسَتَانِ bāʔisatāni |
الْبَائِسَتَانِ al-bāʔisatāni |
| Accusative | بَائِسَيْنِ bāʔisayni |
الْبَائِسَيْنِ al-bāʔisayni |
بَائِسَتَيْنِ bāʔisatayni |
الْبَائِسَتَيْنِ al-bāʔisatayni |
| Genitive | بَائِسَيْنِ bāʔisayni |
الْبَائِسَيْنِ al-bāʔisayni |
بَائِسَتَيْنِ bāʔisatayni |
الْبَائِسَتَيْنِ al-bāʔisatayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| sound masculine plural; basic broken plural diptote | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | بَائِسِين; بُؤَسَاء bāʔisīn; buʔasāʔ |
الْبَائِسِين; الْبُؤَسَاء al-bāʔisīn; al-buʔasāʔ |
بَائِسَات bāʔisāt |
الْبَائِسَات al-bāʔisāt |
| Nominative | بَائِسُونَ; بُؤَسَاءُ bāʔisūna; buʔasāʔu |
الْبَائِسُونَ; الْبُؤَسَاءُ al-bāʔisūna; al-buʔasāʔu |
بَائِسَاتٌ bāʔisātun |
الْبَائِسَاتُ al-bāʔisātu |
| Accusative | بَائِسِينَ; بُؤَسَاءَ bāʔisīna; buʔasāʔa |
الْبَائِسِينَ; الْبُؤَسَاءَ al-bāʔisīna; al-buʔasāʔa |
بَائِسَاتٍ bāʔisātin |
الْبَائِسَاتِ al-bāʔisāti |
| Genitive | بَائِسِينَ; بُؤَسَاءَ bāʔisīna; buʔasāʔa |
الْبَائِسِينَ; الْبُؤَسَاءِ al-bāʔisīna; al-buʔasāʔi |
بَائِسَاتٍ bāʔisātin |
الْبَائِسَاتِ al-bāʔisāti |
References edit
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بائس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “بؤس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN