بغي

Arabic

Root
ب غ ي (b-ḡ-y)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɣijj/
• Rhymes: -ijj

Noun

بَغْي • (baḡy) m

1. transgression, injustice, wrong
   • a. 1967, مُحَمَّد مَهْدِيّ اَلْجَوَاهِرِيّ (muḥammad mahdiyy al-jawāhiriyy), دِيوَان الْجَوَاهِرِيّ (dīwān al-jawāhiriyy), part 1, Sidom/Beirut, Lebanon: اَلْمَكْتَبَة اَلْعَصْرِيَّة (al-maktaba(t) al-ʕaṣriyya), published October 1967, →OCLC, page 138:

     يَتَمَهَّلُ الْبَاغِي عَوَاقِبَ بَغْيِهِ / وَتَرَاهُمْ يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ عَوَاقِبَا

     yatamahhalu l-bāḡī ʕawāqiba baḡyihi / watarāhum yastaʕjilūna ʕawāqibā

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

بَغِيّ • (baḡiyy) f (plural بَغَايَا (baḡāyā))

1. prostitute
2. unchaste, harlot, strumpet, callet
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:20:

     قَالَتْ أَنَّى يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا

     qālat ʔannā yakūnu lī ḡulāmun walam yamsasnī bašarun walam ʔaku baḡiyyan

     How can I have a boy if no man has touched me and I am not unchaste?

Declension

Declension of noun بَغِيّ (baḡiyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَغِي baḡī	الْبَغِي al-baḡī	بَغِي baḡī
Nominative	بَغِيٌّ baḡiyyun	الْبَغِيُّ al-baḡiyyu	بَغِيُّ baḡiyyu
Accusative	بَغِيًّا baḡiyyan	الْبَغِيَّ al-baḡiyya	بَغِيَّ baḡiyya
Genitive	بَغِيٍّ baḡiyyin	الْبَغِيِّ al-baḡiyyi	بَغِيِّ baḡiyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَغِيَّيْن baḡiyyayn	الْبَغِيَّيْن al-baḡiyyayn	بَغِيَّيْ baḡiyyay
Nominative	بَغِيَّانِ baḡiyyāni	الْبَغِيَّانِ al-baḡiyyāni	بَغِيَّا baḡiyyā
Accusative	بَغِيَّيْنِ baḡiyyayni	الْبَغِيَّيْنِ al-baḡiyyayni	بَغِيَّيْ baḡiyyay
Genitive	بَغِيَّيْنِ baḡiyyayni	الْبَغِيَّيْنِ al-baḡiyyayni	بَغِيَّيْ baḡiyyay
Plural	broken plural invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَغَايَا baḡāyā	الْبَغَايَا al-baḡāyā	بَغَايَا baḡāyā
Nominative	بَغَايَا baḡāyā	الْبَغَايَا al-baḡāyā	بَغَايَا baḡāyā
Accusative	بَغَايَا baḡāyā	الْبَغَايَا al-baḡāyā	بَغَايَا baḡāyā
Genitive	بَغَايَا baḡāyā	الْبَغَايَا al-baḡāyā	بَغَايَا baḡāyā

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ب غ ي
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَغَى (baḡā, “to want”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ɣi/, [bɪ.ɣi]

Verb

بغي • (biḡi) I (non-past يِبْغى (yibḡa))

1. to want

   Synonym: بغى (baḡa)

   أبغى أروح الملاهي

   ʔabḡa ʔarūḥ al-malāhi

   I want to go to the amusement park

Usage notes

The past forms of the verbs بغي (biḡi) and بغى (baḡa) are intertwined in Hijazi but only non-past forms of بغي (biḡi) are used.

Conjugation

Conjugation of بغي (biḡi)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	بغيت (biḡīt)	بغيت (biḡīt)	بغي (biḡi)		بغينا (biḡīna)	بغيتوا (biḡītu)	بغيوا (biḡyu)
	f		بغيتي (biḡīti)	بِغْيَت (biḡyat)
non-past	m	أبغى (ʔabḡa)	تبغى (tibḡa)	يبغى (yibḡa)		نبغى (nibḡa)	تبغوا (tibḡu)	يبغوا (yibḡu)
	f		تبغي (tibḡi)	تبغى (tibḡa)
imperative	m		ابغى (abḡa)				ابغوا (abḡu)
	f		ابغي (abḡi)