بائس

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of بَئِسَ‎ (baʾisa, “to be miserable, to be wretched”), from the root ب ء س‎ (b-ʾ-s).

Pronunciation
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Adjective

بَائِس • (bāʾis) (feminine بَائِسَة‎ (bāʾisa), elative أَبْأَس‎ (ʾabʾas))

  1. miserable, wretched, dejected, despondent

Declension
Declension of adjective بَائِس (bāʾis)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal بَائِس
bāʾis		 الْبَائِس‎
al-bāʾis		 بَائِسَة‎
bāʾisa		 الْبَائِسَة‎
al-bāʾisa
Nominative بَائِسٌ
bāʾisun		 الْبَائِسُ‎
al-bāʾisu		 بَائِسَةٌ‎
bāʾisatun		 الْبَائِسَةُ‎
al-bāʾisatu
Accusative بَائِسًا‎
bāʾisan		 الْبَائِسَ‎
al-bāʾisa		 بَائِسَةً‎
bāʾisatan		 الْبَائِسَةَ‎
al-bāʾisata
Genitive بَائِسٍ
bāʾisin		 الْبَائِسِ‎
al-bāʾisi		 بَائِسَةٍ‎
bāʾisatin		 الْبَائِسَةِ‎
al-bāʾisati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal بَائِسَيْن‎
bāʾisayn		 الْبَائِسَيْن‎
al-bāʾisayn		 بَائِسَتَيْن‎
bāʾisatayn		 الْبَائِسَتَيْن‎
al-bāʾisatayn
Nominative بَائِسَانِ‎
bāʾisāni		 الْبَائِسَانِ‎
al-bāʾisāni		 بَائِسَتَانِ‎
bāʾisatāni		 الْبَائِسَتَانِ‎
al-bāʾisatāni
Accusative بَائِسَيْنِ‎
bāʾisayni		 الْبَائِسَيْنِ‎
al-bāʾisayni		 بَائِسَتَيْنِ‎
bāʾisatayni		 الْبَائِسَتَيْنِ‎
al-bāʾisatayni
Genitive بَائِسَيْنِ‎
bāʾisayni		 الْبَائِسَيْنِ‎
al-bāʾisayni		 بَائِسَتَيْنِ‎
bāʾisatayni		 الْبَائِسَتَيْنِ‎
al-bāʾisatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
plural unknown sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal ?
?		 ?
?		 بَائِسَات‎
bāʾisāt		 الْبَائِسَات‎
al-bāʾisāt
Nominative ?
?		 ?
?		 بَائِسَاتٌ‎
bāʾisātun		 الْبَائِسَاتُ‎
al-bāʾisātu
Accusative ?
?		 ?
?		 بَائِسَاتٍ‎
bāʾisātin		 الْبَائِسَاتِ‎
al-bāʾisāti
Genitive ?
?		 ?
?		 بَائِسَاتٍ‎
bāʾisātin		 الْبَائِسَاتِ‎
al-bāʾisāti

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