بات

See also: تأت, پاپ, باب, تاب, تأب, and باپ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ت ت (b t t)
3 terms

Derived from the active participle of بَتَّ (batta, “to fix, to determine, to decide”).

Adjective

بَاتّ • (bātt)

1. definite, definitive
2. categorical

   مَنْع بَاتّ ― manʕ bātt ― categorical interdiction

Declension

Declension of adjective بَاتّ (bātt)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	بَاتّ bātt	الْبَاتّ al-bātt	بَاتَّة bātta	الْبَاتَّة al-bātta
nominative	بَاتٌّ bāttun	الْبَاتُّ al-bāttu	بَاتَّةٌ bāttatun	الْبَاتَّةُ al-bāttatu
accusative	بَاتًّا bāttan	الْبَاتَّ al-bātta	بَاتَّةً bāttatan	الْبَاتَّةَ al-bāttata
genitive	بَاتٍّ bāttin	الْبَاتِّ al-bātti	بَاتَّةٍ bāttatin	الْبَاتَّةِ al-bāttati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	بَاتَّيْن bāttayn	الْبَاتَّيْن al-bāttayn	بَاتَّتَيْن bāttatayn	الْبَاتَّتَيْن al-bāttatayn
nominative	بَاتَّانِ bāttāni	الْبَاتَّانِ al-bāttāni	بَاتَّتَانِ bāttatāni	الْبَاتَّتَانِ al-bāttatāni
accusative	بَاتَّيْنِ bāttayni	الْبَاتَّيْنِ al-bāttayni	بَاتَّتَيْنِ bāttatayni	الْبَاتَّتَيْنِ al-bāttatayni
genitive	بَاتَّيْنِ bāttayni	الْبَاتَّيْنِ al-bāttayni	بَاتَّتَيْنِ bāttatayni	الْبَاتَّتَيْنِ al-bāttatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	بَاتِّين bāttīn	الْبَاتِّين al-bāttīn	بَاتَّات bāttāt	الْبَاتَّات al-bāttāt
nominative	بَاتُّونَ bāttūna	الْبَاتُّونَ al-bāttūna	بَاتَّاتٌ bāttātun	الْبَاتَّاتُ al-bāttātu
accusative	بَاتِّينَ bāttīna	الْبَاتِّينَ al-bāttīna	بَاتَّاتٍ bāttātin	الْبَاتَّاتِ al-bāttāti
genitive	بَاتِّينَ bāttīna	الْبَاتِّينَ al-bāttīna	بَاتَّاتٍ bāttātin	الْبَاتَّاتِ al-bāttāti

Etymology 2

Root
ب ي ت (b y t)
6 terms

Verb

بَاتَ • (bāta) I (non-past يَبِيتُ (yabītu), verbal noun مَبِيت (mabīt) or بَيَات (bayāt))

1. to spend the night, to stay overnight
   • 7th century CE, Sunan Ibn Mājah, 30:62:

     " إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ مَاءٌ بَاتَ فِي شَنٍّ فَٱسْقِنَا وَإِلَّا كَرَعْنَا " . قَالَ عِنْدِي مَاءٌ بَاتَ فِي شَنٍّ . فَٱنْطَلَقَ وَٱنْطَلَقْنَا مَعَهُ إِلَى ٱلْعَرِيشِ فَحَلَبَ لَهُ شَاةً عَلَى مَاءٍ بَاتَ فِي شَنٍّ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ فَعَلَ مِثْلَ ذَٰلِكَ بِصَاحِبِهِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ .

     " ʔin kāna ʕindaka māʔun bāta fī šannin fasqinā waʔillā karaʕnā " . qāla ʕindī māʔun bāta fī šannin . fanṭalaqa wanṭalaqnā maʕahu ʔilā l-ʕarīši faḥalaba lahu šātan ʕalā māʔin bāta fī šannin fašariba ṯumma faʕala miṯla ḏālika biṣāḥibihi llaḏī maʕahu .

     ‘If you have any water that has been kept overnight in a water skin, then give us some to drink, otherwise we will drink by putting out mouths in the basin.’ He said: ‘I have water that has been kept in a water skin. So he went and we went with him, to the shelter, where he milked a sheep for him and (mixed it with) the water that had been kept overnight in a water skin. He drank from it, then he did likewise for his Companion who was with him.”

2. (copulative) to become, to have gotten into

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صار

   • 2023 March 13, “مخففات الصيام”, in نور الدين‎^[1]:

     رَمَضَانُ بَاتَ عَلَى الْأَبْوَابِ وَيَفْصِلُنَا عَنْهُ أَيّامٌ مَعْدُودَةٌ

     ramaḍānu bāta ʕalā l-ʔabwābi wayafṣilunā ʕanhū ʔayyāmun maʕdūdatun

     Ramadan is about to happen and what separates us from it are a few days.

3. to continue doing, keep doing, stick to [with مِن (min)] (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Conjugation

Conjugation of بَاتَ (I, hollow, a ~ i, impersonal passive (?), verbal nouns مَبِيت, بَيَات)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						مَبِيت, بَيَات mabīt, bayāt
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						بَائِت bāʔit
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَبِيت mabīt
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	بِتُّ bittu	بِتَّ bitta	بَاتَ bāta		بِتُّمَا bittumā	بَاتَا bātā		بِتْنَا bitnā	بِتُّمْ bittum	بَاتُوا bātū
	f		بِتِّ bitti	بَاتَتْ bātat			بَاتَتَا bātatā			بِتُّنَّ bittunna	بِتْنَ bitna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَبِيتُ ʔabītu	تَبِيتُ tabītu	يَبِيتُ yabītu		تَبِيتَانِ tabītāni	يَبِيتَانِ yabītāni		نَبِيتُ nabītu	تَبِيتُونَ tabītūna	يَبِيتُونَ yabītūna
	f		تَبِيتِينَ tabītīna	تَبِيتُ tabītu			تَبِيتَانِ tabītāni			تَبِتْنَ tabitna	يَبِتْنَ yabitna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَبِيتَ ʔabīta	تَبِيتَ tabīta	يَبِيتَ yabīta		تَبِيتَا tabītā	يَبِيتَا yabītā		نَبِيتَ nabīta	تَبِيتُوا tabītū	يَبِيتُوا yabītū
	f		تَبِيتِي tabītī	تَبِيتَ tabīta			تَبِيتَا tabītā			تَبِتْنَ tabitna	يَبِتْنَ yabitna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَبِتْ ʔabit	تَبِتْ tabit	يَبِتْ yabit		تَبِيتَا tabītā	يَبِيتَا yabītā		نَبِتْ nabit	تَبِيتُوا tabītū	يَبِيتُوا yabītū
	f		تَبِيتِي tabītī	تَبِتْ tabit			تَبِيتَا tabītā			تَبِتْنَ tabitna	يَبِتْنَ yabitna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		بِتْ bit			بِيتَا bītā				بِيتُوا bītū
	f		بِيتِي bītī							بِتْنَ bitna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	بِيتَ bīta		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُبَاتُ yubātu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُبَاتَ yubāta		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُبَتْ yubat		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

See also

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• أَصْبَحَ (ʔaṣbaḥa)
• أَضْحَى (ʔaḍḥā)
• أَمْسَى (ʔamsā)
• بَاتَ (bāta)
• صَارَ (ṣāra)
• ظَلَّ (ẓalla)
• كَانَ (kāna)
• لَيْسَ (laysa)
• مَا اِنْفَكَّ (mā infakka)
• مَا بَرِحَ (mā bariḥa)
• مَا دَامَ (mā dāma)
• مَا زَالَ (mā zāla)
• مَا فَتِئَ (mā fatiʔa)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ب ي ت
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَاتَ (bāta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːt/

Verb

بات • (bāt) I (non-past يِبِيت (yibīt))

1. to sleep over

Conjugation

Conjugation of بات

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	بتّ (bitt)	بتّ (bitt)	بات (bāt)		بتنا (bitna)	بتّوا (bittu)	باتوا (bātu)
	f		بتّي (bitti)	باتت (bātat)
non-past	m	أبيت (ʔabīt)	تبيت (tibīt)	يبيت (yibīt)		نبيت (nibīt)	تبيتوا (tibītu)	يبيتوا (yibītu)
	f		تبيتي (tibīti)	تبيت (tibīt)
imperative	m		بيت (bīt)				بيتوا (bītu)
	f		بيتي (bīti)

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑːt̪/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

بات • (bāt) f (Hindi spelling बात)

1. talk, conversation
2. saying
3. word (promise)
4. matter, affair
5. thing, point
6. sign (ie. an indication of something that's being alluded to)

Declension

Declension of بات

	singular	plural
direct	بات (bāt)	باتیں (bātẽ)
oblique	بات (bāt)	باتوں (bātõ)
vocative	بات (bāt)	باتو (bāto)

References

• “بات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.