بئيس
See also: تيئس
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ب ء س (b-ʾ-s); compare بَئِسَ (baʾisa, “to be miserable, to be wretched”), بَؤُسَ (baʾusa, “to be strong, to be brave”).
Adjective
بَئِيس • (baʾīs) (feminine بَئِيسَة (baʾīsa), masculine plural بَئِيسُون (baʾīsūn) or بُؤَسَاء (buʾasāʾ), feminine plural بَئِيسَات (baʾīsāt), elative أَبْأَس (ʾabʾas))
- miserable, wretched
- mighty, strong
- brave, courageous, valiant
Declension
Declension of adjective بَئِيس (baʾīs)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | بَئِيس baʾīs | الْبَئِيس al-baʾīs | بَئِيسَة baʾīsa | الْبَئِيسَة al-baʾīsa |
| Nominative | بَئِيسٌ baʾīsun | الْبَئِيسُ al-baʾīsu | بَئِيسَةٌ baʾīsatun | الْبَئِيسَةُ al-baʾīsatu |
| Accusative | بَئِيسًا baʾīsan | الْبَئِيسَ al-baʾīsa | بَئِيسَةً baʾīsatan | الْبَئِيسَةَ al-baʾīsata |
| Genitive | بَئِيسٍ baʾīsin | الْبَئِيسِ al-baʾīsi | بَئِيسَةٍ baʾīsatin | الْبَئِيسَةِ al-baʾīsati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | بَئِيسَيْن baʾīsayn | الْبَئِيسَيْن al-baʾīsayn | بَئِيسَتَيْن baʾīsatayn | الْبَئِيسَتَيْن al-baʾīsatayn |
| Nominative | بَئِيسَانِ baʾīsāni | الْبَئِيسَانِ al-baʾīsāni | بَئِيسَتَانِ baʾīsatāni | الْبَئِيسَتَانِ al-baʾīsatāni |
| Accusative | بَئِيسَيْنِ baʾīsayni | الْبَئِيسَيْنِ al-baʾīsayni | بَئِيسَتَيْنِ baʾīsatayni | الْبَئِيسَتَيْنِ al-baʾīsatayni |
| Genitive | بَئِيسَيْنِ baʾīsayni | الْبَئِيسَيْنِ al-baʾīsayni | بَئِيسَتَيْنِ baʾīsatayni | الْبَئِيسَتَيْنِ al-baʾīsatayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| sound masculine plural; basic broken plural diptote | basic broken plural triptote | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | بَئِيسِين; بُؤَسَاء baʾīsīn; buʾasāʾ | الْبَئِيسِين; الْبُؤَسَاء al-baʾīsīn; al-buʾasāʾ | sfm sfm | الْsfm as-sfm |
| Nominative | بَئِيسُونَ; بُؤَسَاءُ baʾīsūna; buʾasāʾu | الْبَئِيسُونَ; الْبُؤَسَاءُ al-baʾīsūna; al-buʾasāʾu | sfmٌ sfmun | الْsfmُ as-sfmu |
| Accusative | بَئِيسِينَ; بُؤَسَاءَ baʾīsīna; buʾasāʾa | الْبَئِيسِينَ; الْبُؤَسَاءَ al-baʾīsīna; al-buʾasāʾa | sfmًا sfman | الْsfmَ as-sfma |
| Genitive | بَئِيسِينَ; بُؤَسَاءَ baʾīsīna; buʾasāʾa | الْبَئِيسِينَ; الْبُؤَسَاءِ al-baʾīsīna; al-buʾasāʾi | sfmٍ sfmin | الْsfmِ as-sfmi |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “بئيس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “بئيس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “بئيس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN