According to Arthur Jeffery it appears first in discussions of dietary laws and thus is likely borrowed from Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (bəhēmā́). Else it belongs to the root ب ه م (b-h-m) to which there is also بَهْمَة (bahma, “lamb”). Compare Ugaritic 𐎁𐎅𐎎𐎚 (bhmt).
بَهِيمَة • (bahīma) f (plural بَهَائِم (bahāʔim))
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَهِيمَة bahīma |
الْبَهِيمَة al-bahīma |
بَهِيمَة bahīmat |
| Nominative | بَهِيمَةٌ bahīmatun |
الْبَهِيمَةُ al-bahīmatu |
بَهِيمَةُ bahīmatu |
| Accusative | بَهِيمَةً bahīmatan |
الْبَهِيمَةَ al-bahīmata |
بَهِيمَةَ bahīmata |
| Genitive | بَهِيمَةٍ bahīmatin |
الْبَهِيمَةِ al-bahīmati |
بَهِيمَةِ bahīmati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | بَهِيمَتَيْن bahīmatayn |
الْبَهِيمَتَيْن al-bahīmatayn |
بَهِيمَتَيْ bahīmatay |
| Nominative | بَهِيمَتَانِ bahīmatāni |
الْبَهِيمَتَانِ al-bahīmatāni |
بَهِيمَتَا bahīmatā |
| Accusative | بَهِيمَتَيْنِ bahīmatayni |
الْبَهِيمَتَيْنِ al-bahīmatayni |
بَهِيمَتَيْ bahīmatay |
| Genitive | بَهِيمَتَيْنِ bahīmatayni |
الْبَهِيمَتَيْنِ al-bahīmatayni |
بَهِيمَتَيْ bahīmatay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَهَائِم bahāʔim |
الْبَهَائِم al-bahāʔim |
بَهَائِم bahāʔim |
| Nominative | بَهَائِمُ bahāʔimu |
الْبَهَائِمُ al-bahāʔimu |
بَهَائِمُ bahāʔimu |
| Accusative | بَهَائِمَ bahāʔima |
الْبَهَائِمَ al-bahāʔima |
بَهَائِمَ bahāʔima |
| Genitive | بَهَائِمَ bahāʔima |
الْبَهَائِمِ al-bahāʔimi |
بَهَائِمِ bahāʔimi |
From Arabic بَهِيمَة (bahīma).
بهيمة • (bhīma) f (plural بهايم (bhāyim))