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بَيْت

house

Noun · masculineRoot ب-ي-ت

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Also written بيت: بَيْت (verse)

Highlights

Plural
بُيُوت
Other plural
بُيُوتَات

Most common words from the same root

Noun
verse
Verb · Form I
to spend the night
Verb · Form II
بَيَّتَ
to brood
Noun
مَبِيت
lodging

بَيْت in English

Noun · masculine

  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

Word origin

From Proto-Semitic *bayt-. Cognate with Amharic ቤት (bēt).

Words from the root ب-ي-ت

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بَاتَ · present يَبِيتُ

to spend the night, to stay overnight; to become, to have gotten into; to continue doing, keep doing, stick to

مَبِيت
Verbal noun
lodging
بَيَات
Verbal noun
بَائِت
Active participle · Adjective
stale
مَبِيت
Passive participle
بَيَّتَ · present يُبَيِّتُ

to brood; to contrive, to hatch (a plan, plot); to put (someone) up for the night

تَبْيِيت
Verbal noun
castling
مُبَيِّت
Active participle
مُبَيَّت
Passive participle
Noun · m.
house
Noun · m.
verse
بُوَيْت
Noun · m.
a small house

بَيْت: plural and other forms

Singularبَيْت
Pluralبُيُوت
Alternative pluralsبُيُوتَات

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