بيد

See also: بید

Arabic

Alternative forms

• بَائِدَ (bāʔida)
• بَايَدَ (bāyada)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj.da/

Preposition

بَيْدَ • (bayda)

1. for the sake of, because of
   • 7th century C.E., Kašf al-Ḵafaʾ wa-Muzīl al-Ilbās, Hadith:

     أَنَا أَفْصَحُ العَرَبِ بَيْدَ أَنِّي مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَنَشَأْتُ فِي بَنِي سَعْدٍ

     ʔanā ʔafṣaḥu l-ʕarabi bayda ʔannī min qurayšin wanašaʔtu fī banī saʕdin

     My speech is the most clear among Arabs, for I'm from Quraysh and I grew up in Bani Sa'd.

2. even though, but, except

   Synonym: عَلَى (ʕalā)

   • هُوَ كَثِيرُ المَالِ بَيْدَ أَنَّهُ بَخِيلٌ

     huwa kaṯīru l-māli bayda ʔannahu baḵīlun

     He's wealthy, but miserly.

   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 7:28:

     نَحْنُ الآخِرُونَ السَّابِقُونَ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ بَيْدَ أَنَّهُمْ أُوتُوا الكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا وَأُوتِينَاهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ

     naḥnu l-ʔāḵirūna s-sābiqūna yawma l-qiyāmati bayda ʔannahum ʔūtū l-kitāba min qablinā waʔūtīnāhu min baʕdihim

     We are the latter, but the day of resurrection we will be first, even though they received the Scripture before us, and we received it after them.

Usage notes

It is always followed by أَنَّ (ʔanna).

Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					بَيْدَ أَنَّ (bayda ʔanna)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	بَيْدَ أَنِّي / بَيْدَ أَنَّنِي (bayda ʔannī / bayda ʔannanī)		بَيْدَ أَنَّنَا / بَيْدَ أَنَّا (bayda ʔannanā / bayda ʔannā)
Second person	بَيْدَ أَنَّكَ (bayda ʔannaka)	بَيْدَ أَنَّكِ (bayda ʔannaki)	بَيْدَ أَنَّكُمَا (bayda ʔannakumā)	بَيْدَ أَنَّكُمْ (bayda ʔannakum)	بَيْدَ أَنَّكُنَّ (bayda ʔannakunna)
Third person	بَيْدَ أَنَّهُ (bayda ʔannahu)	بَيْدَ أَنَّهَا (bayda ʔannahā)	بَيْدَ أَنَّهُمَا (bayda ʔannahumā)	بَيْدَ أَنَّهُمْ (bayda ʔannahum)	بَيْدَ أَنَّهُنَّ (bayda ʔannahunna)

Descendants

• Najdi Arabic: ميد