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باص
bus (the large motor vehicle for public transport) /ˈbɑːsˤ/
nounB2#4085 most common
Also: coach
Example sentences
ركبتُ الباصَ إلى المدرسة.
I rode the bus to school.
الباصُ كبيرٌ ولونُه أصفر.
The bus is big and its color is yellow.
ينتظر الأطفالُ الباصَ أمام البيت كل صباح.
The children wait for the bus in front of the house every morning.
تأخر الباصُ اليوم بسبب الازدحام.
The bus was late today because of traffic.
علينا أن نصل إلى المحطة قبل أن يغادر الباص.
We must reach the station before the bus leaves.
لولا الباصات التي تربط الأحياء البعيدة بمركز المدينة، لاضطر كثيرٌ من الناس إلى المشي مسافات طويلة يوميا.
Were it not for the buses linking the distant neighborhoods to the city center, many people would have to walk long distances every day.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | باصٌ | باصاتٌ |
| Genitive | باصٍ | باصاتٍ |
| Accusative | باصاً | باصاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا باصُ | يا باصاتُ |
Word family
باصbus (singular)
باصاتbuses (plural)
ميكروباصminibus, small shared van
أوتوبيسbus (alternate loanword form, common in Egypt)
Etymology
Baaṣ is a direct loanword from English "bus," itself a shortening of "omnibus," a Latin word meaning "for all." The term spread into Arabic in the twentieth century as motorized public transport arrived in Arab cities, likely reinforced by French "bus" during the colonial period in North Africa and the Levant. It sits alongside the more formal Arabic coinage حافلة, but the loanword remains the everyday choice across most dialects.
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