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بَطِيء
slow /baˈtˤiːʔ/
nounB2#3794 most common
Also: sluggish, slow-moving
Example sentences
الرَّجُلُ بَطِيءٌ.
The man is slow.
هذا الحاسوبُ بَطِيءٌ جدًا.
This computer is very slow.
كان بَطِيئًا في الرَّدِّ على رسالتي.
He was slow to reply to my message.
القِطارُ بَطِيءُ الحركةِ بسببِ الأعطالِ.
The train moves slowly because of the breakdowns.
عمليةُ التعافي الاقتصاديِّ كانت بَطِيئةً رغم الإصلاحاتِ.
The economic recovery was slow despite the reforms.
ظلَّ التقدمُ في المفاوضاتِ بَطِيئًا ومتعثرًا على الرغمِ من الضغوطِ الدوليةِ المتزايدةِ.
Progress in the negotiations stayed slow and halting despite mounting international pressure.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَطِيءٌ | بِطَاءٌ |
| Genitive | بَطِيءٍ | بِطَاءٍ |
| Accusative | بَطِيئًا | بِطَاءً |
| Vocative | بَطِيءُ | بِطَاءُ |
Word family
بُطْءslowness
أَبْطَأَto slow down, delay
تَبَاطَأَto become slow, dawdle
إبطاءslowing down, delaying
مُتَبَاطِئone who lags or moves slowly
Etymology
بَطِيء comes from the Arabic root ب-ط-أ, which carries the core sense of slowness or delay. The verb بَطُؤَ means to be or become slow, and بَطِيء is the adjectival form built on the فَعِيل pattern common for stative qualities. As a Semitic root it has no connection to Indo-European roots.
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