بيت

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See also: بیت and تيب

Arabic

Root
ب ي ت (b-y-t)

Etymology 1

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

  • IPA(key): /bajt/
  • (file)

Noun

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
Descendants
  • 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

بَيْت (baytm (plural أَبْيَات (ʔabyāt))

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

References

  • 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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

بِيتَ (bīta) (form I)

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

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ب ي ت
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic بَيْت (bayt).

Pronunciation

Noun

بيت (bētm (plural بِيُوت (biyūt))

  1. house, building
  2. commercial house
  3. family, dynasty

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَيَّتَ (bayyata).

Pronunciation

Verb

بَيَّت (bayyat) II (non-past يِبَيِّت (yibayyit))

  1. to stay out overnight
Conjugation
    Conjugation of بيت (bayyat)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بيتت (bayyatt) بيتت (bayyatt) بيت (bayyat) بيتنا (bayyatna) بيتتوا (bayyattu) بيتوا (bayyatu)
f بيتتي (bayyatti) بيتت (bayyatat)
non-past m أبيت (ʔabayyit) تبيت (tibayyit) يبيت (yibayyit) نبيت (nibayyit) تبيتوا (tibayyitu) يبيتوا (yibayyitu)
f تبيتي (tibayyiti) تبيت (tibayyit)
imperative m بيت (bayyit) بيتوا (bayyitu)
f بيتي (bayyiti)
Related terms
  • بات (bāt, to sleep over)

Malay

Noun

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

  1. Jawi spelling of bait (“house”).

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ب ي ت
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic بَيْت (bayt).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. room
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَيَّتَ (bayyata).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to put up someone for the night
  2. to provide lodging
Conjugation
    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

Root
ب ي ت
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بَيْت (bayt).

Pronunciation

Noun

بيت (bētm (plural بيوت (byūt))

  1. house, home
    Synonym: دار (dār)
    صاحب البيتṣāḥeb il-bētthe landlord (literally, “the owner of the house”)
    (file)
  2. case (container)
    بيت النضاراتbēt in-naḍḍārātglasses case
    بيت مخدةbēt mḵaddepillowcase
    (file)