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بائِس
wretched person /ˈbaː.ʔis/
nounB1#2537 most common
Also: miserable, pathetic, poor wretch
Example sentences
هذا رجلٌ بائسٌ.
This is a wretched man.
شعرتُ بالحزن عندما رأيتُ الكلبَ البائسَ في الشارع.
I felt sad when I saw the wretched dog in the street.
عاشت العائلة حياةً بائسةً بعد فقدان منزلها.
The family lived a wretched life after losing its home.
يعيش آلاف اللاجئين البؤساء في مخيمات مؤقتة تفتقر إلى أبسط الخدمات.
Thousands of wretched refugees live in temporary camps that lack the most basic services.
لم يستطع الكاتبُ أن يخفي شفقته على بطل الرواية البائس الذي فقد كل من أحب.
The writer could not hide his pity for the wretched hero of the novel, who had lost everyone he loved.
تكشف الإحصائيات عن واقع بائس يعيشه ملايين البشر الذين يفتقرون إلى أدنى مقومات الكرامة الإنسانية.
The statistics reveal a wretched reality lived by millions of people who lack the minimum conditions for human dignity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بائسٌ | بُؤَساءُ |
| Genitive | بائسٍ | بُؤَساءَ |
| Accusative | بائساً | بُؤَساءَ |
| Vocative | يا بائسُ | يا بُؤَساءُ |
Word family
بُؤْسmisery, wretchedness
بَأْساءadversity, hardship
بائسةwretched (feminine form)
تباءسto feign misery
مُتباءِسone who feigns misery
Etymology
بائس is the active participle of the verb بَئِسَ, from the Semitic root ب-أ-س, which carries the sense of hardship, distress, and severity. The same root gives بُؤْس (misery) and بَأْساء (adversity). Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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