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بس

See also: بش, پس, and پش

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ب س س (b-s-s)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

بَسَّ • (bassa) I, non-past يَبُسُّ‎ (yabussu)

  1. (transitive) to crush
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:4-5:
      إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجًّا وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا
      ʔiḏā rujjati l-ʔarḍu rajjan wabussati al-jibālu bassan
      When the earth is shaken with convulsion / And the mountains are crushed, crumbling
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of
بَسَّ
(form-I geminate, verbal noun بَسّ)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر
بَسّ

bass
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
bāss
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
mabsūs
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
basastu
basasta
بَسَّ

bassa
basastumā
bassā
basasnā
basastum
bassū
f
basasti
bassat
bassatā
basastunna
basasna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m
ʔabussu
tabussu
yabussu
tabussāni
yabussāni
nabussu
tabussūna
yabussūna
f
tabussīna
tabussu
tabussāni
tabsusna
yabsusna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m
ʔabussa
tabussa
yabussa
tabussā
yabussā
nabussa
tabussū
yabussū
f
tabussī
tabussa
tabussā
tabsusna
yabsusna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m
ʔabussa or ʔabussi or ʔabsus
tabussa or tabussi or tabsus
yabussa or yabussi or yabsus
tabussā
yabussā
nabussa or nabussi or nabsus
tabussū
yabussū
f
tabussī
tabussa or tabussi or tabsus
tabussā
tabsusna
yabsusna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m
بُسَّ or بُسِّ or اُبْسُسْ

bussa or bussi or ubsus
bussā
bussū
f
bussī
ubsusna
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
busistu
busista
بُسَّ

bussa
busistumā
bussā
busisnā
busistum
bussū
f
busisti
bussat
bussatā
busistunna
busisna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m
ʔubassu
tubassu
yubassu
tubassāni
yubassāni
nubassu
tubassūna
yubassūna
f
tubassīna
tubassu
tubassāni
tubsasna
yubsasna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m
ʔubassa
tubassa
yubassa
tubassā
yubassā
nubassa
tubassū
yubassū
f
tubassī
tubassa
tubassā
tubsasna
yubsasna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m
ʔubassa or ʔubassi or ʔubsas
tubassa or tubassi or tubsas
yubassa or yubassi or yubsas
tubassā
yubassā
nubassa or nubassi or nubsas
tubassū
yubassū
f
tubassī
tubassa or tubassi or tubsas
tubassā
tubsasna
yubsasna

Noun edit

بَسّ • (bass) m

  1. verbal noun of بَسَّ (bassa) (form I)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:4-5:
      إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجًّا وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا
      ʔiḏā rujjati l-ʔarḍu rajjan wabussati l-jibālu bassan
      When the earth is shaken with convulsion / And the mountains are crushed, crumbling
Declension edit
Declension of noun بَسّ (bass)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بَسّ
bass 		الْبَسّ
al-bass 		بَسّ
bass
Nominative بَسٌّ
bassun 		الْبَسُّ
al-bassu 		بَسُّ
bassu
Accusative بَسًّا
bassan 		الْبَسَّ
al-bassa 		بَسَّ
bassa
Genitive بَسٍّ
bassin 		الْبَسِّ
al-bassi 		بَسِّ
bassi

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

بُسْ • (bus) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of بَاسَ (bāsa)

Burushaski edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

بس (bis)

  1. fat

References edit

  • Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “bis”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017: “(in Latin script)”.

Egyptian Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Persian بس (bas), from Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/).

Conjunction edit

بس • (bas)

  1. but
  2. only, just

Gulf Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Persian بس (bas), from Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/).

Conjunction edit

بس • (bas)

  1. but, though
    رِحْتْ اِلْمَطْعَمْ بَسْ كَانْ مْسَكَّر ― I went to the restaurant but it was closed.
  2. only, just
    سِعِر اِلْوَجْبَة بَسْ دِينَار ― The meal costs just one dinar.
  3. enough
    بَسِّكْ كَمْيُوتَر ― Enough computer (time) for you!

Hijazi Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic بَسّ (bass, “cat”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

بس • (biss) m (plural بسس (bisas), feminine بِسَّة (bissa))

  1. cat
Usage notes edit

The feminine noun بسة (bissa) is used more regardless of the animal's gender.

Etymology 2 edit

From Persian بس (bas, “enough, only”).

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

بس • (bas)

  1. only, just
  2. enough
    Synonym: كفاية (kifāya)
  3. but, though
    Synonym: لكن (lākin)

Pashto edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun edit

بس • (bas) m

  1. bus
    Synonym: سروېس (sarwes)

Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *was- (“to want, wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *weḱ- (“to wish”).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? bas
Dari reading? bas
Iranian reading? bas
Tajik reading? bas

Adverb edit

بس • (bas)

  1. enough, sufficiently
  2. only

Determiner edit

بس • (bas)

  1. many
Usage notes edit

Usually used in form of بسی (basi).

Interjection edit

بس • (bas)

  1. enough
    بسه! ― bas e! ― Enough!

Prefix edit

بس • (bas)

  1. poly-
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • → Bengali: ব্যাস (bês)
  • → Gujarati: બસ (bas)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: बस (bas)
    Urdu: بس
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi: ਬਸ (bas), ਬੱਸ (bassa)
    Shahmukhi: بس

Etymology 2 edit

From English bus.

Noun edit

Dari بس, سرویس
Iranian Persian اتوبوس
Tajik автобус

بس • (bus) (Dari transliteration)

  1. bus
Usage notes edit
  • Used by bus services in Afghanistan but rarely used otherwise. Speakers tend to use سرویس (sarwīs, sarwēs).

References edit

  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 507

South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Persian بس (bas), from Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bass/, [bas]
  • Audio (Jerusalem)(file)

Adverb edit

بسّ • (bass)

  1. only, just
    ماما، بسّ خمس دقايق.
    māmā, bass ḵams daʔāyeʔ
    Mom, just five minutes.

Conjunction edit

بسّ • (bass)

  1. but
    Synonyms: لاكن (lāken), أمّا (ʔamma)
  2. as soon as, once (with subjunctive verb)
    Synonym: لمّا (lamma)

Interjection edit

بسّ • (bass)

  1. that's enough!, stop it!
    Synonyms: خلص (ḵalaṣ), حاجة (ḥāje)

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

بسّ • (biss) m (plural بساس (bsās), feminine بسّة (bisse))

  1. cat
Usage notes edit

The feminine noun بسّة (bisse) is used more regardless of the animal's gender.

Urdu edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian بس (bas).

Adverb edit

بَس • (bas) (Hindi spelling बस)

  1. merely, only
    Synonym: صِرْف (sirf)

Interjection edit

بَس • (bas) (Hindi spelling बस)

  1. enough

Adjective edit

بس • (bas) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बस)

  1. enough; ample

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun edit

بس • (bas) f (Hindi spelling बस)

  1. bus
Declension edit
Declension of بس
singular plural
direct بَس (bas) بَسیں (basẽ)
oblique بَس (bas) بَسوں (basõ)
vocative بَس (bas) بَسو (baso)

Etymology 3 edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀲 (vasa), from Sanskrit वश (vaśa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wášas.

Noun edit

بَس • (bas) m (Hindi spelling बस)

  1. power, control, ability
Declension edit
Declension of بس
singular plural
direct بَس (bas) بَس (bas)
oblique بَس (bas) بَسوں (basō̃)
vocative بَس (bas) بَسو (basō)

Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

بَس • (bas) (Hindi spelling बस)

  1. inflection of بسنا (basnā):
    1. stem
    2. second-person singular present imperative

References edit

  • “بس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “بس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo edit

Etymology edit

From Urdu بس (bas).

Adverb edit

بس (bas)

  1. merely, only

Adjective edit

بس (bas)

  1. enough; ample

Interjection edit

بس (bas)

  1. enough

Noun edit

بس (bas)

  1. a signal to tell that you are finished
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