بيئة
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ب و ء (b-w-ʾ); compare بَوَّأَ (bawwaʾa, “to provide lodging”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biː.ʔa/
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Noun
بِيئَة • (bīʾa) f (plural بِيئَات (bīʾāt))
- natural environment
- milieu
- state, condition
- site
- habitation
- hospitable reception
Declension
Declension of noun بِيئَة (bīʾa)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | بِيئَة bīʾa | الْبِيئَة al-bīʾa | بِيئَة bīʾat |
Nominative | بِيئَةٌ bīʾatun | الْبِيئَةُ al-bīʾatu | بِيئَةُ bīʾatu |
Accusative | بِيئَةً bīʾatan | الْبِيئَةَ al-bīʾata | بِيئَةَ bīʾata |
Genitive | بِيئَةٍ bīʾatin | الْبِيئَةِ al-bīʾati | بِيئَةِ bīʾati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | بِيئَتَيْن bīʾatayn | الْبِيئَتَيْن al-bīʾatayn | بِيئَتَيْ bīʾatay |
Nominative | بِيئَتَانِ bīʾatāni | الْبِيئَتَانِ al-bīʾatāni | بِيئَتَا bīʾatā |
Accusative | بِيئَتَيْنِ bīʾatayni | الْبِيئَتَيْنِ al-bīʾatayni | بِيئَتَيْ bīʾatay |
Genitive | بِيئَتَيْنِ bīʾatayni | الْبِيئَتَيْنِ al-bīʾatayni | بِيئَتَيْ bīʾatay |
Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | بِيئَات bīʾāt | الْبِيئَات al-bīʾāt | بِيئَات bīʾāt |
Nominative | بِيئَاتٌ bīʾātun | الْبِيئَاتُ al-bīʾātu | بِيئَاتُ bīʾātu |
Accusative | بِيئَاتٍ bīʾātin | الْبِيئَاتِ al-bīʾāti | بِيئَاتِ bīʾāti |
Genitive | بِيئَاتٍ bīʾātin | الْبِيئَاتِ al-bīʾāti | بِيئَاتِ bīʾāti |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “بيئة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “بيئة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “بيئة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN