بيئة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ب و ء (b w ʔ)
3 terms

Compare بَوَّأَ (bawwaʔa, “to provide lodging”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biː.ʔa/

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Noun

بِيئَة • (bīʔa) f (plural بِيئَات (bīʔāt))

1. natural environment
2. milieu
3. state, condition
4. site
5. habitation
6. hospitable reception

Declension

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِيئَة bīʔa	الْبِيئَة al-bīʔa	بِيئَة bīʔat
Nominative	بِيئَةٌ bīʔatun	الْبِيئَةُ al-bīʔatu	بِيئَةُ bīʔatu
Accusative	بِيئَةً bīʔatan	الْبِيئَةَ al-bīʔata	بِيئَةَ bīʔata
Genitive	بِيئَةٍ bīʔatin	الْبِيئَةِ al-bīʔati	بِيئَةِ bīʔati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِيئَتَيْن bīʔatayn	الْبِيئَتَيْن al-bīʔatayn	بِيئَتَيْ bīʔatay
Nominative	بِيئَتَانِ bīʔatāni	الْبِيئَتَانِ al-bīʔatāni	بِيئَتَا bīʔatā
Accusative	بِيئَتَيْنِ bīʔatayni	الْبِيئَتَيْنِ al-bīʔatayni	بِيئَتَيْ bīʔatay
Genitive	بِيئَتَيْنِ bīʔatayni	الْبِيئَتَيْنِ al-bīʔatayni	بِيئَتَيْ bīʔatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِيئَات bīʔāt	الْبِيئَات al-bīʔāt	بِيئَات bīʔāt
Nominative	بِيئَاتٌ bīʔātun	الْبِيئَاتُ al-bīʔātu	بِيئَاتُ bīʔātu
Accusative	بِيئَاتٍ bīʔātin	الْبِيئَاتِ al-bīʔāti	بِيئَاتِ bīʔāti
Genitive	بِيئَاتٍ bīʔātin	الْبِيئَاتِ al-bīʔāti	بِيئَاتِ bīʔāti

Declension of noun بِيئَة (bīʔa)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “بيئة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بيئة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “بيئة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic بِيئَة (bīʔa)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /biː.ʔa/

Noun

بيئة • (bīʔa) f (feminine بِيئات (bīʔāt))

1. (social) environment, circle