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بَيْض
eggs /ˈbajdˤ/
nounA2#1289 most common
Also: egg, spawn (roe)
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ البَيْضَ.
I like eggs.
آكُلُ البَيْضَ كُلَّ صَباحٍ.
I eat eggs every morning.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ البَيْضَ مِنَ السُّوقِ.
I bought the eggs from the market.
نَحْتاجُ إلى ثَلاثِ بَيْضاتٍ لِهٰذِهِ الوَصْفَةِ.
We need three eggs for this recipe.
لا تَضَعْ كُلَّ البَيْضِ في سَلَّةٍ واحِدَةٍ.
Don't put all the eggs in one basket.
يُعَدُّ البَيْضُ مِنْ أَرْخَصِ مَصادِرِ البروتينِ وأَكْثَرِها فائِدَةً.
Eggs are considered among the cheapest and most useful sources of protein.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَيْضٌ | بَيْضاتٌ |
| Genitive | بَيْضٍ | بَيْضاتٍ |
| Accusative | بَيْضاً | بَيْضاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا بَيْضُ | يا بَيْضاتُ |
Word family
Etymology
بَيْض comes from the Semitic root b-y-ḍ, which carries the idea of whiteness. The egg took its name from the white of its shell, the same root that gives أَبْيَض, white. The word is a collective noun, with the singulative بَيْضة meaning one egg. Related words for egg appear across the Semitic family.
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