بيت

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root 'بيت' primarily denotes a dwelling or house. It extends to encompass various types of structures, including tents, ships, and even the nests of animals. The concept also relates to staying overnight and familial or close associations.

Derived headwords

بَيْتnoun

1.
house, homeboth
A building intended for human habitation, a place of residence.
2.
dwelling, abodeboth
A place where someone lives, can be a more general term for a residence.
3.
family, householdboth
The people living together in a house, or the immediate family members.
4.
nest (of animal)both
The structure built by an animal for shelter or raising young, like a spider's web or a burrow.
5.
shipclassical
A vessel for traveling on water, specifically Noah's Ark in the Quranic context.

فى بيوت أذن الله أن ترفع — in houses which Allah has ordained to be raised

وإن أوهن البيوت! لبيت العنكبوت — And indeed, the most fragile of houses is the spider's house

بَيَاتnoun

1.
overnight stayboth
The act of spending the night in a place, often away from one's usual home.
2.
village, town
A place name, specifically referring to a town in Morocco or a region near Wasit.

محمد بن سلمان بن أحمد المراكشي الصنهاجي} - البياتي المقري — Muhammad bin Salman bin Ahmad Al-Marrakushi Al-Sanhaji, Al-Bayyati Al-Maqri

حسن بن أبي العشائر) بن محمود (البياتي) الواسطي — Hasan bin Abi Al-Asha'ir bin Mahmud Al-Bayyati Al-Wasiti

بَيَاتnoun

1.
a type of clothclassical
A specific type of fabric, possibly originating from Morocco.

بُيُوتَةnoun

1.
dwelling, habitationclassical
The state or act of dwelling or residing in a place.

أَبَاتَverb

1.
to cause to stay overnightclassical
To make someone or something stay overnight.

بَاتَverb

1.
to spend the nightboth
To pass the night in a particular place or state.
2.
to be, to becomeboth
To exist or be in a certain condition, often used in a figurative sense.

وهو جاري بيت بيت — and he is my neighbor, adjacent

بَيَاتnoun

1.
a place name
A specific location, such as a town or region.

بيات: كورة قرب واسط — Bayat: A district near Wasit

أَبَاتَverb

1.
to stay overnightclassical
To spend the night.

بَيْت بَيْتadverb

1.
adjacent, next to each otherboth
Describing something that is immediately next to or adjoining something else.

وهو جاري بيت بيت — and he is my neighbor, adjacent

وهو جاري} بيتا {لبيت،} وبيت {لبيت أيضا — and he is my neighbor, adjacent, and adjacent too

أَبَاتverb

1.
to stay overnightclassical
To spend the night.

بَيْتname

1.
place name
A specific location mentioned in poetry.

إلى بيت إلى برك الغماد — to Bayt, to Barak Al-Ghamad

أَبْيَاتname

1.
city name
A city in Yemen.

وأبيات حسين، وبيت الفقيه أحمد بن موسى: مدينتان باليمن — And Abyat Husayn, and Bayt Al-Faqih Ahmad bin Musa: two cities in Yemen.

بَيَاتِيadjective

1.
belonging to Bayat
An adjective derived from the place name Bayat, referring to someone from there.

Parallel reading

البيوت الغير المسكونة في قوله تعالى: {ليس عليكم جناح} (النور: 29) الآية، يعني بها الخانات وحوانيت التجار، والمواضع التي تباع فيها الأشياء، ويبيح أهلها دخولها.

The uninhabited houses in His saying, 'It is no fault for you...' (Quran 24:29), refers to inns, merchants' shops, and places where things are sold and whose owners permit entry.

وقيل: إنه يعني بها الخربات التي يدخلها الرجل لبول أو غائط.

And it was said: it means ruined places that a man enters for urination or defecation.

وقوله تعالى: {فى بيوت أذن الله أن ترفع} (النور: 36) ، قال الزجاج: أراد المساجد، قال: وقال الحسن: يعني بيت المقدس.

And His saying, 'in houses which Allah has ordained to be raised' (Quran 24:36), Al-Zajjaj said: he meant mosques, and Al-Hasan said: he meant the House of Jerusalem.

قال أبو الحسن: وجمعه تفخيما وتعظيما.

Abu Al-Hasan said: and its plural is for magnification and glorification.

وقد يكون البيت للعنكبوت والضب وغيره من ذوات الجحر، وفي التنزيل العزيز: {وإن أوهن البيوت! لبيت العنكبوت} (العنكبوت: 41)

And the 'bayt' can be for the spider, the lizard, and others that have burrows, and in the Noble Quran: 'And indeed, the most fragile of houses is the spider's house' (Quran 29:41).

وفي المحكم: قال يعقوب: السرفة دابة تبني لنفسها بيتا من كسار العيدان، وكذالك قال أبو عبيد، فجعل لها بيتا.

And in Al-Muhkam: Ya'qub said: Al-Sarafah is a creature that builds itself a house from broken twigs, and Abu Ubayd also said so, attributing a house to it.

وقال أبو عبيد، أيضا: الصيدان داب ة تعمل لنفسها بيتا في جوف الأرض، وتعميه.

And Abu Ubayd also said: Al-Saydan is a creature that makes itself a house in the earth's interior, and conceals it.

قال: وكل ذالك أراه على التشبيه ببيت الإنسان.

He said: And all of that, I see it as an analogy to the human house.

والبيت: السفينة، قال نوح، على نبينا وعليه الصلاة والسلام، حين دعا ربه: {رب اغفر لى ولوالدى ولمن دخل {- بيتي مؤمنا} (نوح: 28) ، فسمى سفينته التي ركبها بيتا.

And the 'bayt': the ship. Noah, peace be upon him, said when he called his Lord: 'My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house as a believer' (Quran 71:28), so he named the ship he rode in as a 'bayt'.

وأهل بيت النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم أزواجه، وبنته، وعلي، رضي الله عنهم.

And the people of the Prophet's household, peace be upon him, are his wives, his daughter, and Ali, may Allah be pleased with them.

قال سيبويه: أكثر الأسماء دخولا في الاختصاص: بنو فلان، ومعشر مضافة، وأهل البيت، وآل فلان.

Sibawayh said: The most common nouns used for specific association are: the sons of so-and-so, a possessed 'ma'shar', the people of the house, and the family of so-and-so.

وهو جاري بيت بيت، قال سيبويه: من العرب من يبنيه، كخمسة عشر، ومنهم من يضيفه، إلا في حد الحال.

And he is my neighbor, adjacent. Sibawayh said: Some of the Arabs construct it, like 'fifteen', and some of them add it, except in the case of the state.

وهو جاري} بيتا {لبيت،} وبيت {لبيت أيضا.

And he is my neighbor, adjacent, and adjacent too.

وفي التهذيب: هو جاري بيت بيت، أي: ملاصقا، بنيا على الفتح؛ لأنهما اسمان جعلا واحدا.

And in Al-Tahdhib: He is my neighbor, adjacent, meaning: adjoining, constructed on the fatḥa; because they are two names made into one.

وابتات، أي: {بيت، نقله الصاغاني.

And 'abtat', meaning: to spend the night, as narrated by Al-Saghani.

وعن ابن الأعرابي: العرب تقول:} أبيت! وأبات، وأصيد وأصاد، ويموت ويمات، ويدوم ويدام وأعيف وأعاف، ويقال: أخيل الغيث بناحيتكم، وأخال، لغة، وأزيل، يقال: زال، يريدون أزال، كذا في لسان العرب.

And from Ibn Al-A'rabi: The Arabs say: 'abitu! and abata, asaydu and asadu, yamutu and yamatu, yadumu and yadamu, and a'ayifu and a'afu. And it is said: 'ukhayyalu al-ghaythu binahiyatikum, and 'ukhayalu, a dialect, and 'uzayilu, it is said: 'azala, they mean 'azala, as stated in Lisan Al-Arab.

وأبيات حسين، وبيت الفقيه أحمد بن موسى: مدينتان باليمن.

And Abyat Husayn, and Bayt Al-Faqih Ahmad bin Musa: two cities in Yemen.

وبيت: اسم موضع، قال كثير عزة: بوجه بني أخي أسد قنونا إلى بيت إلى برك الغماد

And Bayt: a place name. Kathir 'Azzah said: 'On the face of the sons of my brother Asad Qanun, to Bayt, to Barak Al-Ghamad.'

قلت: وقرأت في المعجم لياقوت: إنه يبت، بتقديم ال

I say: And I read in Yaqut's dictionary: that it is 'yabittu', with the 'ya' preceding.