بأس

See also: باس, بَاس, تاس, پاس, باش, and تاش

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʔs/

Noun

بَأْس • (baʔs) m

1. verbal noun of بَؤُسَ (baʔusa) (form I)
2. courage, boldness
3. power, strength
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 57:25:

     وَأَنْزَلْنَا الْحَدِيدَ فِيهِ بَأْسٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِ

     waʔanzalnā l-ḥadīda fīhi baʔsun šadīdun wamanāfiʕu li-n-nāsi

     And We sent down iron with its great might and benefits for humanity

4. calamity, adversity, misfortune
5. damage
6. punishment

Declension

Declension of noun بَأْس (baʔs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَأْس baʔs	الْبَأْس al-baʔs	بَأْس baʔs
Nominative	بَأْسٌ baʔsun	الْبَأْسُ al-baʔsu	بَأْسُ baʔsu
Accusative	بَأْسًا baʔsan	الْبَأْسَ al-baʔsa	بَأْسَ baʔsa
Genitive	بَأْسٍ baʔsin	الْبَأْسِ al-baʔsi	بَأْسِ baʔsi

Derived terms

• لَا بَأْسَ (lā baʔsa)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بأس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen