بص

See also: بُص

Arabic

بَصّ

Alternative forms

• بَاص (bāṣ)

Etymology

From English bus.

Noun

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

1. bus

   Synonym: حَافِلَة (ḥāfila)

Declension

Declension of noun بَصّ (baṣṣ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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
	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))

1. to look at

Conjugation

Conjugation of بص

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

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

Derived terms

• بَصْبَص (“to snoop”)