بص

See also: بُص

Arabic

Alternative forms

بَاص (bāṣ)

Etymology

From English bus.

Noun

بَصّ • (baṣṣ) m (plural بَصَّات (baṣṣāt))

bus
Synonym: حَافِلَة (ḥāfila)

Declension

Declension of noun **بَصّ** (baṣṣ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَصّ baṣṣ	الْبَصّ al-baṣṣ	بَصّ baṣṣ
nominative	بَصٌّ baṣṣun	الْبَصُّ al-baṣṣu	بَصُّ baṣṣu
accusative	بَصًّا baṣṣan	الْبَصَّ al-baṣṣa	بَصَّ baṣṣa
genitive	بَصٍّ baṣṣin	الْبَصِّ al-baṣṣi	بَصِّ baṣṣi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَصَّيْن baṣṣayn	الْبَصَّيْن al-baṣṣayn	بَصَّيْ baṣṣay
nominative	بَصَّانِ baṣṣāni	الْبَصَّانِ al-baṣṣāni	بَصَّا baṣṣā
accusative	بَصَّيْنِ baṣṣayni	الْبَصَّيْنِ al-baṣṣayni	بَصَّيْ baṣṣay
genitive	بَصَّيْنِ baṣṣayni	الْبَصَّيْنِ al-baṣṣayni	بَصَّيْ baṣṣay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَصَّات baṣṣāt	الْبَصَّات al-baṣṣāt	بَصَّات baṣṣāt
nominative	بَصَّاتٌ baṣṣātun	الْبَصَّاتُ al-baṣṣātu	بَصَّاتُ baṣṣātu
accusative	بَصَّاتٍ baṣṣātin	الْبَصَّاتِ al-baṣṣāti	بَصَّاتِ baṣṣāti
genitive	بَصَّاتٍ baṣṣātin	الْبَصَّاتِ al-baṣṣāti	بَصَّاتِ baṣṣāti

References

Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “بص”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ب ص ص
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بَصَّ (baṣṣa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɑsˤː/

Verb

بص • (baṣṣ) I (non-past يبص (yibuṣṣ))

to look at

Conjugation

Conjugation of بص
		singular				plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
past	m	بصيت (baṣṣēt)	بصيت (baṣṣēt)	بص (baṣṣ)		بصينا (baṣṣēna)	بصيتوا (baṣṣētu)	بصوا (baṣṣu)
past	f	بصيت (baṣṣēt)	بصيتي (baṣṣēti)	بصت (baṣṣit)		بصينا (baṣṣēna)	بصيتوا (baṣṣētu)	بصوا (baṣṣu)
present subjunctive	m	ابص (abuṣṣ)	تبص (tibuṣṣ)	يبص (yibuṣṣ)		نبص (nibuṣṣ)	تبصوا (tibuṣṣu)	يبصوا (yibuṣṣu)
present subjunctive	f	ابص (abuṣṣ)	تبصي (tibuṣṣi)	تبص (tíbuṣṣ)		نبص (nibuṣṣ)	تبصوا (tibuṣṣu)	يبصوا (yibuṣṣu)
present indicative	m	ببص (babuṣṣ)	بتبص (bitbuṣṣ)	بيبص (biybuṣṣ)		بنبص (binbuṣṣ)	بتبصوا (bitbuṣṣu)	بيبصوا (biybuṣṣu)
present indicative	f	ببص (babuṣṣ)	بتبصي (bitbuṣṣi)	بتبص (bitbúṣṣ)		بنبص (binbuṣṣ)	بتبصوا (bitbuṣṣu)	بيبصوا (biybuṣṣu)
future¹	m	هبص (habuṣṣ)	هتبص (hatbuṣṣ)	هيبص (haybuṣṣ)		هنبص (hanbuṣṣ)	هتبصوا (hatbuṣṣu)	هيبصوا (haybuṣṣu)
future¹	f	هبص (habuṣṣ)	هتبصي (hatbuṣṣi)	هتبص (hatbuṣṣ)		هنبص (hanbuṣṣ)	هتبصوا (hatbuṣṣu)	هيبصوا (haybuṣṣu)
imperative	m		بص (buṣṣ)				بصوا (buṣṣu)
imperative	f		بصي (buṣṣi)				بصوا (buṣṣu)

¹ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

Derived terms

بَصْبَص (“to snoop”)