بلى

See also: بلی

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Adverb

بَلَى (balā)

  1. used to contradict a negative statement
    أَلَمْ تَحْضُرِ ٱلْيَوْمَ؟ بَلَى، لَٰكِنَّكَ لَمْ تُشَاهِدْنِي.
    ʾalam taḥḍuri l-yawma? balā, lākinnaka lam tušāhidnī.
    Haven’t you attended today? I have, only you have not noticed me.

Etymology 2

Noun

بِلىً (bilan) pl

  1. plural of بِلْوَة (bilwa, trial)
    • 7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, 37:
      بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ سَهَا وَلَهَا وَنَسِيَ الْمَقَابِرَ وَٱلْبِلَى
      biʾsa l-ʿabdu ʿabdun sahā walahā wanasiya l-maqābira wal-bilā
      What a bad servant is he who is heedless and diverted and forgets about the graves and trials!

Etymology 3

Noun

بِلًى (bilan) m (construct state بِلَى (bilā))

  1. verbal noun of بَلِيَ (baliya, to wear out) (form I)

Declension

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