Appendix:Arabic roots/ب غ ي

Arabic

Root

ب غ ي • (b ḡ y)

1. related to desire

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: بَغَى (baḡā, “to wish”)
  • Verbal noun: بُغَاء (buḡāʔ)
  • Active participle: بَاغٍ (bāḡin)
  • Passive participle: مَبْغِيّ (mabḡiyy)
• Form I: بَغَى (baḡā, “to fornicate; to violate”)
  • Verbal noun: بَغْي (baḡy)
  • Active participle: بَاغٍ (bāḡin)
  • Passive participle: مَبْغِيّ (mabḡiyy)
• Form VII: اِنْبَغَى (inbaḡā, “to beseem”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْبِغَاء (inbiḡāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُنْبَغٍ (munbaḡin)
• Form VIII: اِبْتَغَى (ibtaḡā, “to long for, to desire”)
  • Verbal noun: اِبْتِغَاء (ibtiḡāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُبْتَغٍ (mubtaḡin)
  • Passive participle: مُبْتَغًى (mubtaḡan)

Nouns

• بَغِيّ f (baḡiyy, “strumpet”); pl. بَغَايَا (baḡāyā)
• بِغْيَة f (biḡya, “wanted thing”)
• بِغَاء m (biḡāʔ, “prostitution”)
• مَبْغىً m (mabḡan, “brothel”); pl. مَبَاغٍ (mabāḡin)