بيت

العربية

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بيت^¹

/bajt/

Where it comes from

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

noun بَيْت · bayt · بُيُوت · بُيُوتَات · الْبَيْت

house, building
tent (dwelling)
room, apartment, flat
commercial house
settlement, decision, scheme
garden bed
family, dynasty
box, case, covering, sheath

noun بَيْت · bayt · أَبْيَات · الْبَيْت

verse, couplet, distich

بيت^²

/baj.ja.ta/

verb بَيَّتَ · bayyata · يُبَيِّتُ · تَبْيِيت · مُبَيِّت

to brood
to contrive, to hatch (a plan, plot)
to put (someone) up for the night
to flunk, to fail (in school)

In English

room division in a building
house human abode
home house or structure in which someone lives — see also domicile, dwelling, abode
verse one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally r
shell conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" of a tortoise or turtle
stanza a unit of a poem

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"بيت." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

بيت. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA

Chicago

"بيت." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {بيت},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

بيت