Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form ب ـب ـبـ بـ
ب (ba ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Acehnesealphabet , written in theArabic script . Arabic script letters :حرف ( haraih, harah ) (script appendix : ا ب ت ة ث ج چ ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ڠ ف ڤ ق ک ݢ ل م ن و ۏ ه ء ي ى ڽ [edit ] From theNabataean Aramaic 𐢃 ( l ,“ bet ” ) , derived from thePhoenician 𐤁 ( l ,“ bet ” ) , from theEgyptian 𓉐 ܒ ( l ,“ bet ” ) , Hebrewב ( l ,“ beth ” ) , Ancient Greekβ ( b ) , LatinB
IPA (key ) : ( letter name ) /baːʔ/ ,( phoneme ) /b/ ب • (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Arabicalphabet , calledبَاء ( bāʔ ) and written in theArabic script . Arabic script letters :حُرُوف ( ḥurūf ) (alphabet appendix ,script appendix : ا ب ت ث ج ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ل م ن ه و ي [edit ] ب • (b )
The secondnumeral symbol of the Arabicalphabet (traditionalabjad order, used for list numbering), written in theArabic script ; preceded byأ ( ʔ ) and followed byج ( j ) . ب • (b )
abbreviation ofباب ( bāb ,“ chapter ” ) UltimatelyProto-Semitic *bV- ( “ with, in, at, among ” ) with likely interrelation withProto-Semitic *bayt- ( “ site, location; nest, house ” ) ; cognates withUgaritic 𐎁 ( b ) ,Aramaic ב־ Classical Syriac ܒ- Hebrew בְּ־ ( bə- ) ,Ge'ez በ ( bä ) andEgyptian bw
بِـ • (bi- )
denotes an instrument or tool ,with ,by (a means)طَرَقْتُ الْمِسْمَارَبِ مِطْرَقَةٍ ṭaraqtu l-mismārabi- miṭraqatin I hit the nailwith a hammer رَماهُمبِ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ ―ramāhumbi- l-ḥijārati ―He pelted themwith stones. denotes the agent of unaccusative forms هُوَ يَتَقَوَّىبِهِ ―huwa yataqawwābihi ―He is strengthenedby it Coordinate term: ( post-Classical ) بِوَاسِطَة ( biwāsiṭa ,denotes the agent of passive forms ) denotes accompaniment Coordinate term: مَعَ ( maʕa ) with (a component)قَهْوةٌبِ ٱلْحَلِيبِ ―qahwatunbi- l-ḥalībi ―coffeewith milk with (a quality);in (a state)بِ سُرُورٍbi- surūrinwith pleasureبِ ٱمْتِيازٍbi- mtiyāzinwith success and distinctiondenotes proximity ,with ,to ,next to ,at ( touching on, connected with, concerning ) مَرْبُوطٌبِ شَجَرَةٍ ―marbūṭunbi- šajaratin ―tiedto a tree لَا عَلاقةَ لَهُبِ ٱلْمَوْضُوعِ lā ʕalāqata lahubi- l-mawḍūʕi unrelatedto the subject denotes inclusion, surrounding, or location ,within (a place);in ;on ;at بِ ٱلْأَرْضِbi- l-ʔarḍion the earth/in or inside the groundبِ ٱلقَرْيةِbi- l-qaryatiin the villageبِ ٱلْمَكْتَبَةِbi- l-maktabatiat the libraryبِ ٱلْمَكْتَبِbi- l-maktabiat the office/in the deskSynonym: فِي ( fī ) denotes requital , giving or doing in return;for اِشْتَرَيْتُهُبِ أَلْفِ رِيَالٍ. ištaraytuhubi- ʔalfi riyālin. I bought itfor a thousand riyals. marks the predicate of a negative copula هُوَ لَيْسَبِ شَاهِدٍ وَلَابِ قَارِئٍ. huwa laysabi- šāhidin wa-lābi- qāriʔin. He is not one who witnessed [it] or read [it]. withكَفَى ( kafā ) كَفَىبِ صِحَّتِكَ ثَرْوَةً kafābi ṣiḥḥatika ṯarwatan Your health is a sufficient wealth. with exclamation imperative أَجْمِلْبِ فَاطِمَةَ مِنْ اِمْرَأةٍ ʔajmilbi fāṭimata min imraʔatin What a beautiful woman Fatima is! أَنْعِمْبِ هِ مِنْ طَعَامٍ ʔanʕimbi hi min ṭaʕāmin What delicious food this is! ب (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Baltialphabet , written in theArabic script . Arabic script letters (script appendix : ا ب پ ت ٹ ث ج ڃ چ ڇ ح خ د ڈ ذ ر ڑ ز ڗ ژ س ش ݜ ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک کٔ گ ل م ن ݨ ݩ و ہ ھ ی ے [edit ] ب (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Brahuialphabet , written in theArabic script . Arabic script letters (script appendix : ا ب پ ت ٹ ث ج چ ح خ د ڈ ذ ر ڑ ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ل ڷ م ن ں ہ ھ ء و ی ے [edit ] ب (b ) (no case )
The fourthletter of the Burushaskialphabet , written in theArabic script . Arabic script letters (script appendix : ا ݳ ݴ ب پ ت ٹ ث ج چ ح ݼ خ څ د ڈ ذ ڎ ر ڑ ز ژ س ش ݽ ص ض ڞ ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک ݣ گ ل م ن ں و ݸ ݹ ہ ھ ݷ ئ ی ݵ ݶ ے ݺ ݻ [edit ] ب (b ) (no case )
The thirdletter of the Central Kurdishalphabet , calledبا ( ba ) and written in theArabic script . Arabic script letters :پیت ( pît ) (script appendix : ئـ ا ب پ ت ج چ ح خ د ر ڕ ز ژ س ش ع غ ف ڤ ق ک گ ل ڵ م ن ھ ہ و وو ۆ ى ێ [edit ] ب (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of theXiao'erjing abjad , written in theArabic script . From the Ottoman Turkish convention.
ب • (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Egyptian Arabicalphabet , calledبه Arabic script . Arabic script letters :حُرُوف script appendix : ا ب ت ث ج ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ل م ن ه و ي [edit ] (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
بـ • (bi- )
Used to conjugate present indicative verbs from their subjunctive forms. Inherited fromArabic بِـ ( bi- ) .
بـ • (bi- )
Denotes an instrument or means ;with ,by ضربتهب شكوش ―ḍarabitobi -šakūš ―She hit himwith a hammer پ ( be be-talat noʔaṭ )
ب • (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Gujaratialphabet , calledبے Arabic script . Arabic script letters (script appendix : ا ب پ ت ٹ ث ج چ ح خ د ڈ ذ ر ڑ ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ل ࣇ م ن ݨ ں و ہ ھ ء ی ے [edit ] ب • (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Hijazi Arabicalphabet , calledبَاء Arabic script . Arabic script letters :حُرُوف ( ḥurūf ) (script appendix : ا ب ت ث ج چ ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ل م ن هـ و ي [edit ] Probably from a shortened form ofArabic بَغْيْ ( baḡy ,“ to want ” ) .
بِـ • (bi )
-ing ( prefix indicating the present continuous tense ) بِيِتْكَلَّم ―bi yitkallamhe isspeaking FromArabic بِ ( bi ) .
بِـ • (bi )
with ,by (a means)بِالْمِطْرَقة ―bi-l-miṭraga ―with a mallet ب • (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Kashmirialphabet , calledبے ( by ) and written in theArabic script . Arabic script letters (script appendix : ب پ ت ٹ ث ج چ ح خ د ڈ ذ ر ڑ ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ل م ن و ھ ے [edit ] ب • (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Kazakhalphabet , calledبا Arabic script . Arabic script letters :әріптер ( ärıpter ) (alphabet appendix ,script appendix : ا ب پ ت ج چ ح د ر ز س ش ع ف ق ك گ ڭ ل م ن ە ھ و ۇ ۋ ۆ ى ي [edit ] ب (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Khowaralphabet , calledبے Arabic script . Arabic script letters (script appendix : ا ب پ ت ٹ ث ج ݮ چ ݯ ح خ څ ځ د ڈ ذ ر ڑ ز ژ ݱ س ش ݰ ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ل م ن و ہ ھ ی ے ئ ؤ ء [edit ] ب • (b ) (no case ,Cyrillic equivalent Б or б
The secondletter of the Kyrgyzalphabet , calledبە Arabic script . Arabic script letters :тамга лар( tamgalar ) (script appendix : ا ب پ ﻥ ﺕ ﺝ ﭺ ﺡ ﻑ ﻕ ﻉ ك گ ڭ ﻝ ﻡ و ۅ ۉ ﯗ ﯞ ﺱ ﺵ ﺩ ﺭ ﺯ ﻩ ﻯ ﺀ ﺋ ﻲ ﻯ ء ۋ ﻻ [edit ] ( Name of letter ) IPA (key ) : [bɐ] ( Phoneme, Syllable initial ) IPA (key ) : [b] ( Phoneme, Syllable final ) IPA (key ) : [p̚] ب (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Malayalphabet , calledباء Arabic script . Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix ,script appendix : ا ب ت ة ث ج چ ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ڠ ف ڤ ق ک ݢ ل م ن و ۏ ه ء ي ى ڽ [edit ] North Levantine Arabic [ edit ] FromArabic بِـ ( bi- ,“ in, with ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /b/ ,[bə] ( before consonant clusters ) ,[b] ( elsewhere ) IPA (key ) : /bi/ [bi(ˑ)] بْـ or بِـ • (b or bi )
in ,at ,on with ,using for ( in return for ) بْ بَلَاشb balāšfor freetimes Synonym: ضَرْب ( ḍarb ) أربعةب تنين بيساوي تمانة ʔarbʕab tnēn bisāwi tmāne Fourtimes two equals eight This term needs a translation to English. Please help out andadd a translation , then remove the text{{rfdef }}. في ست سناديق ونحنا تنين، تساعدني نحملهن تلاتة بتلاتة؟ fī sitt snādīʔ w niḥna tnēn, tsāʕidni niḥmilhun tlāteb tlāte? There are six boxes and we're two people, help me and we'll carry twoeach ? (literally, “we'll carry them twoby two? ”) شيليهن من البرّاد أربعتهن وسخّنيهن تنين بتنين šīlīhun mnil-barrād ʔarbʕítun w saḵḵnīhun tnēn b tnēn Take all four out of the fridge and heat them up twoat a time (literally, “heat them up twoby two ”) by ( an amount of time ) بَيِّي الله يرحمو توفى بعد عيد ميلادوب يومين bayyi ʔaḷḷa yirḥamo twaffa baʕd ʕīd mīlādob yawmayn My dad, God rest his soul, passed two days after his birthday (literally, “passed after his birthdayby two days ”) has apartitive effect ontransitive verbs c. 1964–1974 Henri Fleisch , “Première série: Textes non différentiels”, inÉtudes d'Arabe Dialectal Studies of Dialectal Arabic Beirut :Dar el-Machreq , sourced from informant نبيل الحاج ( Nabîl al-Hajj ,/l-ħaʒʒ/ , short/a/ ) , published1974 ,→ISBN →OCLC 147 :Abū Dīb. marra ʾabū dīb kǟn ʾǟʿed waḥdo biš-šite̠. baʾa ṣā̊ṛ yisroʾbᵊ -had-džǟž u yǟku̱l. byǟkol ʿa waʾto småḷḷā̊h ḫamsᵊ džǟžǟt waḥdu̱, wulli bišūfo̱ biʾūl hǟda ma fīš yǟkol ᵊrġīf ʾadᵈ månno ḍʿīf u ʾåṣīr ʾåṣīr mətl əl-yā̊bā̊ne̱.[(أبو ديب.) مرّة أبو ديب كان قاعد وحدو بالشتي. بقا صار يسرقب هالدجاج وياكل. بياكل عوقتو سمالله خمس دجاجات وحدو، واللي بيشوفو بيقول هادا ما فيش ياكل رغيف قد منّو ضعيف وقصير قصير متل الياباني.] Abu Dib. One time Abu Dib was sitting alone in the winter. He started stealing the chickenslittle by little and eating. He would take his time eating; goodness, five chickens all by himself! And anyone who saw him would tell you he couldn’t even handle eating a piece of bread he’s so skinny — and short, short like a Japanese person.original: Abou Dîb. Une fois Abou Dîb était assis seul en hiver. Au reste il volait les poules et mangeait. Il mangeait pour chaque repas, le nom de Dieu [le protège]! cinq poules tout seul; et celui qui le voyait disait: « Celui-ci il ne peut manger un pain, tant il est maigre et petit, petit comme un Japonais. »]The French translation does not attempt to translate theبـ ( b- ) , but Fleisch remarks on his impression of its meaning later.عَ وَقتُ و( ʕa waʔto ,“ pour chaque repas ” ,or, according to the remarks a page later , literally“ en son temps [de manger]. ” ) In context one wonders if it is instead a synonym ofعَ مَهْلُو ( ʕa mahlo ,“ taking his time ” ) . Forwith together with , useمَع ( maʕ ) . Most dialects inflect this prepositionsuppletively : it uses the formبـ ( b, bi ) to attach to nouns and the formفِيـ ( fī- ) to attach to pronouns.The only exception is in expressions meaning "what's wrong with...", which useبـ ( b- ) with pronouns, as inشو بَك( šū bak ,“ what's wrong with you ” , literally“ what's with you ” ) . Etymology 1 sense 6 is used with the prepositionsقَبْل ( ʔabl ,“ before ” ) andبَعْد ( baʕd ,“ after ” ) ~مِن بَعْد ( min baʕd ,“ after ” ) . The expressionقَبْل بـ ( ʔabl b- ) also exists, with no complement forقَبْل ( ʔabl ) :بدنا نوصل قبل بساعة وإلا مستحيل نلاقي صفّة baddna nūṣalʔabl b sāʕa waʔilla mustaḥīl nlāʔi ṣaffe We have to get there an hourearly or else there's no way we'll find a parking spot حسّني قلبي قبل بيوم إنو بدها تشتّي ḥassni ʔalbiʔabl b yōm ʔinno badda tšatti I got a strange feeling a daybeforehand that it was going to rain Two idioms in particular use this construction:قَبْل بْوَقْت ―ʔabl b waʔt ―“beforehand” قَبْل بْمَرَّة ―ʔabl b marra ―“once; once before” مِنْ قَبْل ( min ʔabl ,“ previously; already ” ) ~قَبْل ( ʔabl ,“ previously; already ” ) The equivalent expression withبَعْد ( baʕd ,“ after ” ) uses noبْـ ( b- ) :بَعْد يَوْمَيْن ―baʕd yawmayn ―two days later Debated. Al-Jallad relates it to prepositionalبـ ( b, bi ) in expressions likeArabic مَا بِـ ( mā bi- ,“ not ” ) . Alternatively, perhaps related toGulf Arabic بَـ ( ba- ,future ) andGulf Arabic يبي ( yabi ,“ he wants ” ) . Cognate toEgyptian Arabic بـ ( b- ) andHijazi Arabic بـ ( b- ,“ -ing ” ) .
بـ • (b- )
Conjugates animperfective verb for theindicative mood Imparts a habitual meaning, like English's simple present will ;imparts a future meaning Unknown. Perhaps a sporadic development of the infixو ( -w- ) .
ـبـ • (-b- )
Extension for triliteral roots inserted between the second and third radicals:فَعْبَل ( faʕb al; CaCb aC ) طَحْبَش ( ṭaḥbaš ,“ to smash, shatter, clatter ” ) عَرْبَش ( ʕarbaš ,“ to scale, climb ” ) ب (bi )
Arabic spelling ofbi ( “ by ” ) ب • (b ) (no case )[ 1]
( Middle Belarusian Arabica ) Aletter of the Old Ruthenianalphabet , written in theArabic script . Arabic script letters (script appendix : ا ب پ ت ث ج چ ح د ࢮ ر ز ژ ش ࢯ ص ض ط ع غ ف ق ك گ ل م ن ه و ي خ ذ ڛ س ظ ء [edit ] From Arabic and Persian.
ب • (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Ottoman Turkishalphabet , calledبا Arabic script . Arabic script letters (script appendix : ا ء ب پ ت ث ج چ ح خ د ذ ر ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ڬ ڭ ل م ن و ه ی [edit ] ب • (be or bi )
with بخرد ―intelligent (literally, “with intelligence ”)at ;in to ;into for ;because ofKélékian, Diran (1911 ), “ب ”, inDictionnaire turc-français [1] page229 Redhouse, James W. (1890 ), “ب ”, inA Turkish and English Lexicon [2] page313 ب (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Pahari-Potwarialphabet , calledبے ( be ) and written in theShahmukhi script . Shahmukhi script letters (script appendix : ا ب پ ت ٹ ث ج چ ح خ د ڈ ذ ر ڑ ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ل م ن ݨ ں و ہ ھ ء ی ے [edit ] ب • (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Pashtoalphabet , calledبي Arabic script . Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix ,script appendix : ا ب پ ت ټ ث ج چ ح خ څ ځ د ډ ذ ر ړ ز ژ ږ س ش ښ ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک ګ ل م ن ڼ ں و ه ۀ ي ې ی ۍ ئ [edit ] ( phoneme, all dialects ) IPA (key ) : /b/ ( letter name ) ب • (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Persianalphabet , calledبه بِ Arabic script . Arabic script letters :حروف ( hurūf / horuf ) (script appendix : ا ب پ ت ث ج چ ح خ د ذ ر ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ل م ن و ه ی [edit ] From thePerso-Arabic letterب ( bē ) , from theArabic letterب ( bāʔ ) .
ب • (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Punjabialphabet , calledبے ( be ) and written in theShahmukhi script . Shahmukhi script letters :اکّھر script appendix : ا ب پ ت ٹ ث ج چ ح خ د ڈ ذ ر ڑ ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ل ࣇ م ن ݨ ں ہ و ی ے [edit ] ب • (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Sindhialphabet , written in theArabic script . Arabic script letters :اکر ( akharu ) (script appendix : ا ب ٻ ڀ ت ٿ ٽ ٺ ث پ ج ڄ جھ ڃ چ ڇ ح خ د ڌ ڏ ڊ ڍ ذ ر ڙ ڙھ ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ڦ ق ڪ ک گ ڳ گھ ڱ ل م ن ڻ و ه ء ي [edit ] South Levantine Arabic [ edit ] ب بـ/
FromArabic بِ ( bi ) .
بـ • (bi- )
in ,at ,on Synonym: في ( fi ) with ,by means of Synonym: في ( fi ) بـ • (b- )
prefix indicating the present tense FromArabic بِ ( bi ) .
ب (b )
with نحب قهوة بالحليب ―nḥib qahwa b-li-ḥlīb ―I like coffee with milk ترعش بالخوف ―turʕuš bi-l-ḵūf ―She is shaking with fear Inflection ofب base form ب ( b ) Personal-pronoun including forms singular plural m f 1st person بي ( biyya ) بينا ( bīna ) 2nd person بيك ( bīk ) بيكم ( bīkum ) 3rd person بيه ( bīh ) بيها ( bīha ) بيهم ( bīhum )
ب • (b ) (no case )
The secondletter of the Urdualphabet , calledبے ( be ) and written in theArabic script . Arabic script letters :حُرُوف ( hurūf ) (script appendix : ا آ أ إ ب پ ت ٹ ث ج چ ح خ د ڈ ذ ر ڑ ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ل م ن ں ہ ھ و ی ے ء ئ ؤ هٔ أ إ ◌ٰ [edit ] ب • (b ) (no case )
The thirdletter of the Uyghuralphabet , calledبە ( be ) and written in theArabic script ; preceded byئە پ ب (transliteration needed no case ,Latin equivalent b
The secondletter of the Yorubaalphabet , written in theArabic script ; preceded byا د 
