See also: بغي

Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ب غ ي (b ḡ y)
7 terms

Cognate with Biblical Hebrew בָּעָה (seek) and Aramaic בְּעָא (ask, seek) and בְּעֵי.

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بَغَى (baḡā) I (non-past يَبْغِي (yabḡī), verbal noun بُغْيَة (buḡya))

  1. (transitive) to desire, to covet
  2. (transitive) to wish for, to want

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بَغَى (baḡā) I (non-past يَبْغِي (yabḡī), verbal noun بِغَاء (biḡāʔ))

  1. to fornicate, to whore

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بَغَى (baḡā) I (non-past يَبْغِي (yabḡī), verbal noun بَغْي (baḡy))

  1. to wrong, to violate, to oppress, to treat unjustly [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’]

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Gulf Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic بَغَى (baḡā).

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بغى (biḡa) I (non-past يِبي (yibi) or يَبي (yabi))

  1. to want

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ب غ ي
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic بَغَى (baḡā, to want).

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Verb

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بغى (baḡa) I (non-past يِبْغى (yibḡa))

  1. to want
    Synonym: بغي (biḡi)
    أبغى أروح الملاهي
    ʔabḡa ʔarūḥ al-malāhi
    I want to go to the amusement park

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The past forms of the verb بغى (baḡa) and بغي (biḡi) are intertwined in Hijazi but only non-past forms of بغي (biḡi) are used.

Moroccan Arabic

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Root
ب غ ي
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic بَغَى (baḡā).

Pronunciation

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بغى (bḡā) I (non-past يبغي (yibḡi))

  1. to want
    Synonym: حب (ḥabb)
    شنو بغيت فهاد الدنيا؟šnu bḡīti f hād ed-dunyaWhat do you want in this life?
  2. to love
    Synonym: حب (ḥabb)
    كنبغيك بالزاف.kanabḡīk bezzāfI love you so much.

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