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بَيْت
house /ˈbajt/
nounA1#270 most common
Also: home, verse (a line of classical Arabic poetry)
Example sentences
هٰذَا بَيْتٌ كَبِيرٌ.
This is a big house.
بَيْتُنَا قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الْمَدْرَسَةِ.
Our house is near the school.
أَرْجِعُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ فِي السَّاعَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ.
I return home at five o'clock.
اِشْتَرَى جَدِّي هٰذَا الْبَيْتَ قَبْلَ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً.
My grandfather bought this house fifty years ago.
كَانَتْ بُيُوتُ الْحَيِّ الْقَدِيمِ مُتَلَاصِقَةً وَأَزِقَّتُهُ ضَيِّقَةً.
The houses of the old quarter were adjoining and its alleys were narrow.
لَا يَكْتَمِلُ مَعْنَى الْقَصِيدَةِ إِلَّا إِذَا قُرِئَ كُلُّ بَيْتٍ فِي سِيَاقِهِ.
The poem's meaning is complete only when each verse is read in its context.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَيْتٌ | بُيُوتٌ |
| Genitive | بَيْتٍ | بُيُوتٍ |
| Accusative | بَيْتًا | بُيُوتًا |
| Vocative | يَا بَيْتُ | يَا بُيُوتُ |
Word family
بُيُوتhouses (plural)
بَاتَto spend the night
مَبِيتovernight lodging
بَيْتِيّdomestic, home-related
Etymology
The word comes from the Proto-Semitic root *bayt-, meaning a dwelling or shelter. It is one of the oldest and most stable words in the Semitic family, with close relatives in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Akkadian. The same element survives in place names such as Bethlehem, literally 'house of bread.'
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