بيت

See also: بیت and تيب

Arabic

Etymology 1

From root ب ي ت (b-y-t). From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bajt/
  • (Egypt) IPA(key): /beːt/
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Noun

بَيْت (bayt) m (plural بُيُوت (buyūt) or بُيُوتَات (buyūtāt))

  1. house, building
  2. tent (dwelling)
  3. room, apartment, flat
  4. commercial house
  5. garden bed
  6. family, dynasty
  7. box, case, covering, sheath
Declension
Descendants

Noun

بَيْت (bayt) m (plural أَبْيَات (ʾabyāt))

  1. verse
Declension

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

  • IPA(key): /baj.ja.ta/

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

  • IPA(key): /biː.ta/

Verb

بِيتَ (bīta) (form I)

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

Malay

Noun

بيت (plural بيت-بيت or بيت۲, informal first-person possessive بيتکو, informal second-person possessive بيتمو, third-person possessive بيتڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of bait (“house”).
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