بيت

See also: بیت and تيب

Arabic

Root
ب ي ت (b-y-t)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bajt/
  • (file)
    • (Hejazi) IPA(key): [be̞ːt]

Noun

بَيْت (bayt) m (plural بُيُوت (buyūt) or بُيُوتَات (buyūtāt))

  1. house, building
  2. tent (dwelling)
  3. room, apartment, flat
  4. commercial house
  5. settlement, decision, scheme
  6. garden bed
  7. family, dynasty
  8. box, case, covering, sheath
Declension
Descendants
  • Egyptian Arabic: بيت (bēt)
  • Gulf Arabic: بيت (bēt)
  • Hijazi Arabic: بيت (bēt)
  • Maltese: bejt
  • Moroccan Arabic: بيت (bīt), بيت (bayt)
  • Azerbaijani: beyt
  • Malay: bait
  • Ottoman Turkish: بیت (beyt, beyit)

Noun

بَيْت (bayt) m (plural أَبْيَات (ʔabyāt))

  1. verse
Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), بيت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baj.ja.ta/

Verb

بَيَّتَ (bayyata) II, non-past يُبَيِّتُ‎ (yubayyitu)

  1. to brood
  2. to contrive, to hatch (a plan, plot)
  3. to put (someone) up for the night
  4. to flunk, to fail (in school)
Conjugation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biː.ta/

Verb

بِيتَ (bīta) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of بَاتَ (bāta)

Malay

Noun

بيت (plural بيت-بيت or بيت۲, informal 1st possessive بيتکو, 2nd possessive بيتمو, 3rd possessive بيتڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of bait (“house”).

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ب ي ت
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic بَيْت (bayt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biːt/, /bajt/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun

بِيت or بَيْت (bīt or bayt) m (plural بيوت (byūt) or بيوتة (byūta))

  1. room
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَيَّتَ (bayyata).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baj.jat/

Verb

بيت (bayyat) (form II, non-past يبيت (ybayyat))

  1. to put up someone for the night
  2. to provide lodging
Conjugation
    Conjugation of بيت
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بيّتت (bayyatt) بيّتتي (bayyatti) بيّت (bayyat) بيّتنا (bayyatna) بيّتتوا (bayyattu) بيّتوا (bayytu)
f بيّتت (bayytāt)
non-past m نبيّت (nbayyat) تبيّت (tbayyat) يبيّت (ybayyat) نبيّتوا (nbayytu) تبيّتوا (tbayytu) يبيّتوا (ybayytu)
f تبيّتي (tbayyti) تبيّت (tbayyat)
imperative m بيّت (bayyat) بيّتوا (bayytu)
f بيّتي (bayyti)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ي ت

Etymology

From Arabic بَيْت (bayt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beːt/, [beːt]
  • (file)

Noun

بيت (bēt) m (plural بيوت (byūt))

  1. house, home
    Synonym: دار (dār)
    صاحب البيتṣāḥeb il-bētthe landlord (literally, “the owner of the house”)
    (file)
  2. case (container)
    بيت النضاراتbēt in-naḍḍārātglasses case
    بيت مخدةbēt mḵaddepillowcase
    (file)
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