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ب.

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The second letter of the Arabic alphabet, called بَاء (bāʔ) and written in the Arabic script.

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Meaning & usage

characterb/baːʔ/letter, name/b/letter, name

  1. The second letter of the Arabic alphabet, called بَاء (bāʔ) and written in the Arabic script.

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Where this word comes from

From the Nabataean Aramaic letter 𐢃 (l, “bet”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤁 (l, “bet”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉐. See also Classical Syriac ܒ (l, “bet”), Hebrew ב (l, “beth”), Ancient Greek β (b), Latin B.

symbolb/baːʔ/letter, name/b/letter, name

  1. The second numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by أ (ʔ) and followed by ج (j).

Where this word comes from

From the Nabataean Aramaic letter 𐢃 (l, “bet”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤁 (l, “bet”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉐. See also Classical Syriac ܒ (l, “bet”), Hebrew ב (l, “beth”), Ancient Greek β (b), Latin B.

prepbi-/bi/

  1. denotes an instrument or tool, with, by (a means)

    طَرَقْتُ الْمِسْمَارَ بِمِطْرَقَةٍ
    رَماهُم بِٱلْحِجَارَةِ

  2. denotes the agent of unaccusative forms

    هُوَ يَتَقَوَّى بِهِ

  3. denotes accompaniment with (a component)

    قَهْوةٌ بِٱلْحَلِيبِ

  4. denotes accompaniment with (a quality); in (a state)

    بِسُرُورٍ
    بِٱمْتِيازٍ

  5. denotes proximity, with, to, next to, at (touching on, connected with, concerning)

    مَرْبُوطٌ بِشَجَرَةٍ
    لَا عَلاقةَ لَهُ بِٱلْمَوْضُوعِ

  6. denotes inclusion, surrounding, or location, within (a place); in; on; at

    بِٱلْأَرْضِ
    بِٱلقَرْيةِ

  7. denotes requital, giving or doing in return; for

    اِشْتَرَيْتُهُ بِأَلْفِ رِيَالٍ.

  8. marks the predicate of a negative copula

    هُوَ لَيْسَ بِشَاهِدٍ وَلَا بِقَارِئٍ.

  9. with ـكَ (-ka)

    كَفَى بِصِحَّتِكَ ثَرْوَةً

  10. with exclamation imperative

    أَجْمِلْ بِفَاطِمَةَ مِنْ اِمْرَأةٍ
    أَنْعِمْ بِهِ مِنْ طَعَامٍ
Where this word comes from

Ultimately Proto-Semitic *bV- (“with, in, at, among”) with likely interrelation with Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“site, location; nest, house”); cognates with Ugaritic 𐎁 (b), Aramaic ב־, Classical Syriac ܒ-, Hebrew בְּ־ (bə-), Ge'ez በ (bä) and Egyptian bw.

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