بات

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

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ت ت (b-t-t)

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)

Verb

بَاتَ • (bāta) I, non-past يَبِيتُ‎ (yabītu)

  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:
      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 (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
بَاتَ
(form-I hollow, verbal nouns مَبِيت or بَيَات)
verbal nouns
الْمَصَادِر
mabīt or bayāt
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
bāʔit
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
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
bittu
bitta
بَاتَ

bāta
bittumā
bātā
bitnā
bittum
bātū
f
bitti
bātat
bātatā
bittunna
bitna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m
ʔabītu
tabītu
yabītu
tabītāni
yabītāni
nabītu
tabītūna
yabītūna
f
tabītīna
tabītu
tabītāni
tabitna
yabitna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m
ʔabīta
tabīta
yabīta
tabītā
yabītā
nabīta
tabītū
yabītū
f
tabītī
tabīta
tabītā
tabitna
yabitna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m
ʔabit
tabit
yabit
tabītā
yabītā
nabit
tabītū
yabītū
f
tabītī
tabit
tabītā
tabitna
yabitna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m
bit
bītā
bītū
f
bītī
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 — —
bīta 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m — —
yubātu 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m — —
yubāta 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m — —
yubat 		— — — — —
f — — — — —

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā).

Pronunciation

Noun

بات • (bāt) f (Hindi spelling बात)

  1. talk, conversation
  2. saying
  3. word (promise)
  4. matter, affair
  5. thing, point

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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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