بغى

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

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

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

• بُغْيَة (buḡya, “a wish, a craving”)

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

1. to fornicate, to whore

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

1. to wrong, to violate, to oppress, to treat unjustly

• بِغَاء (biḡāʔ, “prostitution”)
• بَغِيّ (baḡiyy, “prostitute”)
• مَبْغًى (mabḡan, “brothel”)

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بغى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “بغى”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic بَغَى (baḡā).

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪ.ʁə/

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

1. to want

From Arabic بَغَى (baḡā, “to want”).

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɣa/

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

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.

From Arabic بَغَى (baḡā).

• IPA^(key): /bɣaː/

بغى • (bḡā) I (non-past يبغي (yibḡi))

1. to want

   Synonym: حب (ḥabb)

   شنو بغيت فهاد الدنيا؟ ― šnu bḡīti f hād ed-dunya ― What do you want in this life?

2. to love

   Synonym: حب (ḥabb)

   كبغيك بالزاف. ― kanabḡīk bizzāf ― I love you so much.

1=ب
2=غ
3=b
4=ḡ

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