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بَقاء
survival /baˈqaːʔ/
nounA1#473 most common
Also: permanence, remaining, endurance
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ البَقاءَ في البَيت.
I like staying at home.
البَقاءُ مَعَ العائِلةِ مُهِمٌّ.
Staying with family is important.
قَرَّرَ البَقاءَ في المَدينةِ سَنةً أُخرى.
He decided to stay in the city for another year.
يَعتَمِدُ بَقاءُ الشَّرِكةِ على الابتِكارِ.
The company's survival depends on innovation.
البَقاءُ لِلأَصلَحِ مَبدأٌ مَشهورٌ في نَظَريّةِ التَّطَوُّر.
Survival of the fittest is a famous principle in the theory of evolution.
في التَّصَوُّفِ، البَقاءُ هو ضِدُّ الفَناءِ: أن يَبقى العَبدُ بِاللهِ بَعدَ فَناءِ نَفسِه.
In Sufism, baqa' is the opposite of fana': the servant subsists in God after the passing away of the self.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَقاءٌ | None |
| Genitive | بَقاءٍ | None |
| Accusative | بَقاءً | None |
| Vocative | يا بَقاءُ | None |
Word family
بَقِيَto remain, to stay
باقٍremaining, lasting
بَقِيّةremainder, rest
أَبقىto keep, to preserve
Etymology
بَقاء is the verbal noun (masdar) of the verb بَقِيَ, 'to remain' or 'to stay.' It comes from the triliteral Semitic root b-q-y, which carries the sense of what is left and what endures. In religious and Sufi usage it names lasting existence, set against فَناء, 'passing away.'
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