See also: بیتand تيب

Arabic edit

Root
ب ي ت(b-y-t)

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “is "verse" a semantical evolution”)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bajt/
  • (file)

Noun edit

بَيْت (baytm (plural بُيُوت(buyūt) or بُيُوتَات(buyūtāt))

  1. house, building
  2. tent (dwelling)
  3. room, apartment, flat
  4. commercial house
  5. settlement, decision, scheme
  6. garden bed
  7. family, dynasty
  8. box, case, covering, sheath
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Egyptian Arabic: بيت(bēt)
  • Gulf Arabic: بيت(bēt)
  • Hijazi Arabic: بيت(bēt)
  • Maltese: bejt
  • Moroccan Arabic: بيت(bīt), بيت(bayt)
  • Azerbaijani: beyt
  • Malay: bait

Noun edit

بَيْت (baytm (plural أَبْيَات(ʔabyāt))

  1. verse
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Azerbaijani: beyt
  • Ottoman Turkish: بیت(beyt, beyit)

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “بيت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

بَيَّتَ (bayyata) II, non-past يُبَيِّتُ‎‎ (yubayyitu)

  1. to brood
  2. to contrive, to hatch (a plan, plot)
  3. to put (someone) up for the night
  4. to flunk, to fail (in school)
Conjugation edit

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

بِيتَ (bīta) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of بَاتَ(bāta)

Malay edit

Noun edit

بيت (plural بيت-بيت or بيت۲‎, informal 1st possessive بيتکو‎, 2nd possessive بيتمو‎, 3rd possessive بيتڽ‎)

  1. Jawi spelling of bait (“house”).

Moroccan Arabic edit

Root
ب ي ت
1 term

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic بَيْت(bayt).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

بِيت or بَيْت (bīt or baytm (plural بيوت(byūt) or بيوتة(byūta))

  1. room
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic بَيَّتَ(bayyata).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

بيت (bayyat) II (non-past يبيت(ybayyat))

  1. to put up someone for the night
  2. to provide lodging
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of بيت
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بيّتت(bayyatt) بيّتتي(bayyatti) بيّت (bayyat) بيّتنا(bayyatna) بيّتتوا(bayyattu) بيّتوا(bayytu)
f بيّتت(bayytāt)
non-past m نبيّت(nbayyat) تبيّت(tbayyat) يبيّت(ybayyat) نبيّتوا(nbayytu) تبيّتوا(tbayytu) يبيّتوا(ybayytu)
f تبيّتي(tbayyti) تبيّت(tbayyat)
imperative m بيّت (bayyat) بيّتوا(bayytu)
f بيّتي(bayyti)

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ب ي ت
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic بَيْت(bayt).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

بيت (bētm (plural بيوت(byūt))

  1. house, home
    Synonym: دار(dār)
    صاحب البيت‎ ― ṣāḥeb il-bētthe landlord (literally, “the owner of the house”)
    (file)
  2. case (container)
    بيت النضارات‎‎ ― bēt in-naḍḍārātglasses case
    بيت مخدة‎‎ ― bēt mḵaddepillowcase
    (file)