بائس

Arabic

Etymology
Root
ب ء س (b-ʔ-s)

Derived from the active participle of بَئِسَ (baʔisa, “to be miserable, to be wretched”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baː.ʔis/
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Adjective

بَائِس • (bāʔis) (feminine بَائِسَة (bāʔisa), masculine plural بَائِسُونَ (bāʔisūna) or بُؤَسَاء (buʔasāʔ), feminine plural بَائِسَات (bāʔisāt), elative أَبْأَس (ʔabʔas))

  1. miserable, wretched, dejected, despondent

Declension
Declension of adjective بَائِس (bāʔis)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal بَائِس
bāʔis		 الْبَائِس
al-bāʔis		 بَائِسَة
bāʔisa		 الْبَائِسَة
al-bāʔisa
Nominative بَائِسٌ
bāʔisun		 الْبَائِسُ
al-bāʔisu		 بَائِسَةٌ
bāʔisatun		 الْبَائِسَةُ
al-bāʔisatu
Accusative بَائِسًا
bāʔisan		 الْبَائِسَ
al-bāʔisa		 بَائِسَةً
bāʔisatan		 الْبَائِسَةَ
al-bāʔisata
Genitive بَائِسٍ
bāʔisin		 الْبَائِسِ
al-bāʔisi		 بَائِسَةٍ
bāʔisatin		 الْبَائِسَةِ
al-bāʔisati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal بَائِسَيْن
bāʔisayn		 الْبَائِسَيْن
al-bāʔisayn		 بَائِسَتَيْن
bāʔisatayn		 الْبَائِسَتَيْن
al-bāʔisatayn
Nominative بَائِسَانِ
bāʔisāni		 الْبَائِسَانِ
al-bāʔisāni		 بَائِسَتَانِ
bāʔisatāni		 الْبَائِسَتَانِ
al-bāʔisatāni
Accusative بَائِسَيْنِ
bāʔisayni		 الْبَائِسَيْنِ
al-bāʔisayni		 بَائِسَتَيْنِ
bāʔisatayni		 الْبَائِسَتَيْنِ
al-bāʔisatayni
Genitive بَائِسَيْنِ
bāʔisayni		 الْبَائِسَيْنِ
al-bāʔisayni		 بَائِسَتَيْنِ
bāʔisatayni		 الْبَائِسَتَيْنِ
al-bāʔisatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal بَائِسِين‎; بُؤَسَاء
bāʔisīn‎; buʔasāʔ		 الْبَائِسِين‎; الْبُؤَسَاء
al-bāʔisīn‎; al-buʔasāʔ		 بَائِسَات
bāʔisāt		 الْبَائِسَات
al-bāʔisāt
Nominative بَائِسُونَ‎; بُؤَسَاءُ
bāʔisūna‎; buʔasāʔu		 الْبَائِسُونَ‎; الْبُؤَسَاءُ
al-bāʔisūna‎; al-buʔasāʔu		 بَائِسَاتٌ
bāʔisātun		 الْبَائِسَاتُ
al-bāʔisātu
Accusative بَائِسِينَ‎; بُؤَسَاءَ
bāʔisīna‎; buʔasāʔa		 الْبَائِسِينَ‎; الْبُؤَسَاءَ
al-bāʔisīna‎; al-buʔasāʔa		 بَائِسَاتٍ
bāʔisātin		 الْبَائِسَاتِ
al-bāʔisāti
Genitive بَائِسِينَ‎; بُؤَسَاءَ
bāʔisīna‎; buʔasāʔa		 الْبَائِسِينَ‎; الْبُؤَسَاءِ
al-bāʔisīna‎; al-buʔasāʔi		 بَائِسَاتٍ
bāʔisātin		 الْبَائِسَاتِ
al-bāʔisāti

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بائس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بؤس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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