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بَيْع
sale /ˈbajʕ/
nounA2#805 most common
Also: selling, trade, transaction
Example sentences
البَيْتُ لِلبَيْعِ.
The house is for sale.
سِعْرُ البَيْعِ مُرْتَفِعٌ اليَوْمَ.
The selling price is high today.
تَمَّتْ عَمَلِيَّةُ البَيْعِ بِنَجاحٍ.
The sale was completed successfully.
وَقَّعْنا عَقْدَ البَيْعِ في المَكْتَبِ أَمْسِ.
We signed the sales contract at the office yesterday.
يَعْتَمِدُ التَّاجِرُ عَلى البَيْعِ بِالتَّقْسِيطِ لِجَذْبِ الزَّبائِنِ.
The merchant relies on installment selling to attract customers.
لا يَصِحُّ البَيْعُ قَبْلَ التَّأَكُّدِ مِنْ مِلْكِيَّةِ البائِعِ لِلسِّلْعَةِ.
A sale is not valid before confirming the seller's ownership of the goods.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَيْعٌ | بُيوعٌ |
| Genitive | بَيْعٍ | بُيوعٍ |
| Accusative | بَيْعًا | بُيوعًا |
| Vocative | يا بَيْعُ | يا بُيوعُ |
Word family
بَاعَto sell
بائِعseller, salesmanمَبِيعitem sold, merchandiseبَيْعةa single transaction; pledge of allegiance
مُبايَعَةsales transaction; act of pledging allegiance
Etymology
بَيْع is the verbal noun of بَاعَ, 'to sell,' from the triliteral Semitic root b-y-ʿ. The root carries the sense of exchange and the transfer of ownership for a price. In classical Arabic the verb could denote both selling and buying, since both parties join in the same transaction.
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