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ب-ء-س

The Arabic root ب-ء-س (b-a-s)

Form I verb بَؤُسَ: to be brave

10 words in the dictionary are built from ب-ء-س, including verbs in Forms I, VI, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Verb · Form I
to be brave
Adjective
miserable
Verb · Form I
بَئِسَ
to be sad
Noun
بُؤْس
wretchedness
Verb · Form
بِئْسَ
hell of a

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

بَؤُسَ · present يَبْؤُسُ
Form I · The plain action

to be brave

بَأْس
Verbal noun
بَئِيس
Active participle
miserable
بَئِسَ · present يَبْأَسُ
Form I · The plain action

to be sad, to be miserable

بُؤْس
Verbal noun
wretchedness
Active participle
miserable
تَبَاءَسَ · present يَتَبَاءَسُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to pretend to be unhappy or miserable

تَبَاؤُس
Verbal noun
مُتَبَائِس
Active participle
اِبْتَأَسَ · present يَبْتَئِسُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to be sad

اِبْتِئَاس
Verbal noun
مُبْتَئِس
Active participle
بِئْسَ
Form

hell of a, what a miserable

Other nouns and adjectives

أَبْأَس
Adjective
elative degree of بَئِيس
بَأْسَاء
Noun
adversity

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