باص

Arabic

بَاصْ

Etymology

From English bus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːsˤ/
• Rhymes: -aːsˤ

Noun

بَاص • (bāṣ) m (plural بَاصَات (bāṣāt))

1. bus

   Synonyms: حَافِلَة (ḥāfila), أُتُوبُوس (ʔutūbūs), أُتُوبِيس (ʔutūbīs)

   اَلْبَاصْ لَيْسَ هُنَاكْ! ― al-bāṣ laysa hunāk! ― The bus isn't here!

   لَا يَعْرِفُونَ مَتٰى يَنطَلِقْ اَلبَاصْ. ― You (all) do not know when the bus leaves.

Declension

Declension of noun بَاص (bāṣ)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَاص bāṣ	الْبَاص al-bāṣ	بَاص bāṣ
nominative	بَاصٌ bāṣun	الْبَاصُ al-bāṣu	بَاصُ bāṣu
accusative	بَاصًا bāṣan	الْبَاصَ al-bāṣa	بَاصَ bāṣa
genitive	بَاصٍ bāṣin	الْبَاصِ al-bāṣi	بَاصِ bāṣi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَاصَيْن bāṣayn	الْبَاصَيْن al-bāṣayn	بَاصَيْ bāṣay
nominative	بَاصَانِ bāṣāni	الْبَاصَانِ al-bāṣāni	بَاصَا bāṣā
accusative	بَاصَيْنِ bāṣayni	الْبَاصَيْنِ al-bāṣayni	بَاصَيْ bāṣay
genitive	بَاصَيْنِ bāṣayni	الْبَاصَيْنِ al-bāṣayni	بَاصَيْ bāṣay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَاصَات bāṣāt	الْبَاصَات al-bāṣāt	بَاصَات bāṣāt
nominative	بَاصَاتٌ bāṣātun	الْبَاصَاتُ al-bāṣātu	بَاصَاتُ bāṣātu
accusative	بَاصَاتٍ bāṣātin	الْبَاصَاتِ al-bāṣāti	بَاصَاتِ bāṣāti
genitive	بَاصَاتٍ bāṣātin	الْبَاصَاتِ al-bāṣāti	بَاصَاتِ bāṣāti

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “باص”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “باص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From English bus.

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /bɑːsˤ/

Noun

باص • (bāṣ) m (plural باصات (bāṣāt))

1. bus

   Synonym: بوعرام (buʕarrām)

South Levantine Arabic

الباصات مفيدة كتير في مالطا ― buses are very useful in Malta

Etymology

From English bus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːsˤ/, [bɑːsˤ]

• Audio (Amman):

  (file)

Noun

باص • (bāṣ) m (plural باصات (bāṣāt))

1. bus