"ب" meaning in Arabic

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Character

IPA: /baːʔ/ [letter, name], /b/ [phoneme] Forms: bāʔ [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ar|letter|head=ب / ب / ب / ب|tr=bāʔ}} ب / ب / ب / ب • (bāʔ)
  1. The second letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is بَاء (bāʔ) and it has the sound of English b. It is preceded by أ (ʔ) and followed by ت (t). Tags: letter Categories (topical): Arabic numeral symbols
    Sense id: en-ب-ar-character-kyMrbOE- Disambiguation of Arabic numeral symbols: 62 10 28 Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic entries with language name categories using raw markup, Arabic prepositions, Arabic terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 24 2 5 5 7 7 7 12 5 13 2 10 Disambiguation of Arabic entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 2 4 4 5 5 5 10 5 10 2 15 Disambiguation of Arabic prepositions: 33 4 2 7 6 6 6 8 6 7 7 9 Disambiguation of Arabic terms with redundant transliterations: 28 3 5 5 6 6 6 14 5 12 2 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /baːʔ/ [letter, name], /b/ [phoneme] Forms: b [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ar|noun}} ب • (b)
  1. Abbreviation of باب (bāb, “chapter”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: باب (extra: bāb, “chapter”)
    Sense id: en-ب-ar-noun-JqKNQbqB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Preposition

IPA: /bi/
Etymology: Ultimately Proto-Semitic *bV- (“with, in, at, among”) with likely interrelation with Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“site, location; nest, house”); cognates with Ugaritic 𐎁 (b), Aramaic ב־, Classical Syriac ܒ-, Hebrew בְּ־ (bə-), Ge'ez በ (bä) and Egyptian bw. Etymology templates: {{inh|ar|sem-pro|*bV-|t=with, in, at, among}} Proto-Semitic *bV- (“with, in, at, among”), {{inh|ar|sem-pro|*bayt-|t=site, location; nest, house}} Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“site, location; nest, house”), {{cog|uga|𐎁|}} Ugaritic 𐎁 (b), {{cog|arc|ב־|}} Aramaic ב־, {{cog|syc|ܒ-|}} Classical Syriac ܒ-, {{cog|he|בְּ־|tr=bə-}} Hebrew בְּ־ (bə-), {{cog|gez|በ}} Ge'ez በ (bä), {{cog|egy|bw|}} Egyptian bw Head templates: {{ar-prep|بِـ}} بِـ • (bi-) Forms: بِـ [canonical], bi- [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], بِـ [stem], بِي [feminine, first-person, masculine, singular], بِنَا [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural], بِكَ [masculine, second-person, singular], بِكِ [feminine, second-person, singular], بِكُمَا [common-gender, dual, second-person], بِكُمْ [masculine, plural, second-person], بِكُنَّ [feminine, plural, second-person], بِهِ [masculine, singular, third-person], بِهَا [feminine, singular, third-person], بِهِمَا [common-gender, dual, third-person], بِهِمْ [masculine, plural, third-person], بِهِنَّ [feminine, plural, third-person]
  1. denotes an instrument or tool, with, by (a means)
    Sense id: en-ب-ar-prep-jjE~xyfU
  2. denotes the agent of unaccusative forms
    Sense id: en-ب-ar-prep-0w7FoYE6
  3. denotes accompaniment
    with (a component)
    Sense id: en-ب-ar-prep-aOre-U9y
  4. denotes accompaniment
    with (a quality); in (a state)
    Sense id: en-ب-ar-prep-bmilwj9d
  5. denotes accompaniment
    Sense id: en-ب-ar-prep-HhNPX88k
  6. denotes proximity, with, to, next to, at (touching on, connected with, concerning)
    Sense id: en-ب-ar-prep-D64xRpcn
  7. denotes inclusion, surrounding, or location, within (a place); in; on; at Synonyms: فِي
    Sense id: en-ب-ar-prep-PU57E2pt
  8. denotes requital, giving or doing in return; for
    Sense id: en-ب-ar-prep-UOQV~bhb
  9. marks the predicate of a negative copula
    Sense id: en-ب-ar-prep-Nf7-Drtu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: بِمَا (bimā), بِمَ (bima), بِمَنْ (biman)
Etymology number: 2

Symbol

IPA: /baːʔ/ [letter, name], /b/ [phoneme] Forms: bāʔ [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ar|numeral symbol|head=ب / ب / ب / ب|tr=bāʔ}} ب / ب / ب / ب • (bāʔ)
  1. The second letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by أ (ʔ) and followed by ج (j).
    Sense id: en-ب-ar-symbol-ronpf6rw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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      "roman": "bimā",
      "word": "بِمَا"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bima",
      "word": "بِمَ"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "بِمَنْ"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "ar-prep-auto",
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      "form": "بِي",
      "roman": "bī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "بِنَا",
      "roman": "binā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِكَ",
      "roman": "bika",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "بِكِ",
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      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "بِكُمَا",
      "roman": "bikumā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "dual",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "بِكُمْ",
      "roman": "bikum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِكُنَّ",
      "roman": "bikunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِهِ",
      "roman": "bihi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِهَا",
      "roman": "bihā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِهِمَا",
      "roman": "bihimā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "dual",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِهِمْ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِهِنَّ",
      "roman": "bihinna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "بِـ • (bi-)",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I hit the nail with a hammer",
          "roman": "ṭaraqtu l-mismāra bi-miṭraqatin",
          "text": "طَرَقْتُ الْمِسْمَارَ بِمِطْرَقَةٍ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He pelted them with stones.",
          "roman": "ramāhum bi-l-ḥijārati",
          "text": "رَماهُم بِٱلْحِجَارَةِ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "denotes an instrument or tool, with, by (a means)"
      ],
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          "by",
          "by"
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      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He is strengthened by it",
          "roman": "huwa yataqawwā bihi",
          "text": "هُوَ يَتَقَوَّى بِهِ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: (post-Classical) بِوَاسِطَة (biwāsiṭa, denotes the agent of passive forms)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "denotes the agent of unaccusative forms"
      ],
      "id": "en-ب-ar-prep-0w7FoYE6"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "coffee with milk",
          "roman": "qahwatun bi-l-ḥalībi",
          "text": "قَهْوةٌ بِٱلْحَلِيبِ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "denotes accompaniment",
        "with (a component)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ب-ar-prep-aOre-U9y",
      "links": [
        [
          "with",
          "with"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "with pleasure",
          "roman": "bi-surūrin",
          "text": "بِسُرُورٍ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "with success and distinction",
          "roman": "bi-mtiyāzin",
          "text": "بِٱمْتِيازٍ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "denotes accompaniment",
        "with (a quality); in (a state)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ],
        [
          "in",
          "in"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: مَعَ (maʕa)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "denotes accompaniment"
      ],
      "id": "en-ب-ar-prep-HhNPX88k"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "tied to a tree",
          "roman": "marbūṭun bi-šajaratin",
          "text": "مَرْبُوطٌ بِشَجَرَةٍ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "unrelated to the subject",
          "roman": "lā ʕalāqata lahu bi-l-mawḍūʕi",
          "text": "لَا عَلاقةَ لَهُ بِٱلْمَوْضُوعِ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "denotes proximity, with, to, next to, at (touching on, connected with, concerning)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ب-ar-prep-D64xRpcn",
      "links": [
        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ],
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ],
        [
          "next to",
          "next to"
        ],
        [
          "at",
          "at"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "on the earth/in or inside the ground",
          "roman": "bi-l-ʔarḍi",
          "text": "بِٱلْأَرْضِ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in the village",
          "roman": "bi-l-qaryati",
          "text": "بِٱلقَرْيةِ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "at the library",
          "roman": "bi-l-maktabati",
          "text": "بِٱلْمَكْتَبَةِ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "at the office/in the desk",
          "roman": "bi-l-maktabi",
          "text": "بِٱلْمَكْتَبِ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "denotes inclusion, surrounding, or location, within (a place); in; on; at"
      ],
      "id": "en-ب-ar-prep-PU57E2pt",
      "links": [
        [
          "within",
          "within"
        ],
        [
          "in",
          "in"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on"
        ],
        [
          "at",
          "at"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "فِي"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I bought it for a thousand riyals.",
          "roman": "ištaraytuhu bi-ʔalfi riyālin.",
          "text": "اِشْتَرَيْتُهُ بِأَلْفِ رِيَالٍ.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "denotes requital, giving or doing in return; for"
      ],
      "id": "en-ب-ar-prep-UOQV~bhb",
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          "for"
        ]
      ]
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        {
          "english": "He is not one who witnessed [it] or read [it].",
          "roman": "huwa laysa bi-šāhidin wa-lā bi-qāriʔin.",
          "text": "هُوَ لَيْسَ بِشَاهِدٍ وَلَا بِقَارِئٍ.",
          "type": "example"
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    }
  ],
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}
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        "The second letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is بَاء (bāʔ) and it has the sound of English b. It is preceded by أ (ʔ) and followed by ت (t)."
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          "Arabic",
          "Arabic"
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          "b"
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          "ت",
          "ت#Arabic"
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        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
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}

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    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
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        "name"
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      "ipa": "/b/",
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    }
  ],
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}

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    "Arabic letters",
    "Arabic nouns",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "باب"
        }
      ],
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        "Arabic abbreviations"
      ],
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        "Abbreviation of باب (bāb, “chapter”)."
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        [
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          "باب#Arabic"
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        "alt-of"
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        "name"
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      "ipa": "/b/",
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        "phoneme"
      ]
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}

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    "Arabic abbreviations",
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    },
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      "roman": "biman",
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    }
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        "2": "sem-pro",
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      "args": {
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
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        "2": "ܒ-",
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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        "3": ""
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      "form": "بِـ",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "bi-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "ar-prep-auto",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "بِـ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "بِي",
      "roman": "bī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِنَا",
      "roman": "binā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِكَ",
      "roman": "bika",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "بِكِ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِكُمَا",
      "roman": "bikumā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "dual",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِكُمْ",
      "roman": "bikum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِكُنَّ",
      "roman": "bikunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِهِ",
      "roman": "bihi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِهَا",
      "roman": "bihā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِهِمَا",
      "roman": "bihimā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "dual",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِهِمْ",
      "roman": "bihim",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بِهِنَّ",
      "roman": "bihinna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I hit the nail with a hammer",
          "roman": "ṭaraqtu l-mismāra bi-miṭraqatin",
          "text": "طَرَقْتُ الْمِسْمَارَ بِمِطْرَقَةٍ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He pelted them with stones.",
          "roman": "ramāhum bi-l-ḥijārati",
          "text": "رَماهُم بِٱلْحِجَارَةِ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "denotes an instrument or tool, with, by (a means)"
      ],
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          "with",
          "with"
        ],
        [
          "by",
          "by"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He is strengthened by it",
          "roman": "huwa yataqawwā bihi",
          "text": "هُوَ يَتَقَوَّى بِهِ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: (post-Classical) بِوَاسِطَة (biwāsiṭa, denotes the agent of passive forms)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "denotes the agent of unaccusative forms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "coffee with milk",
          "roman": "qahwatun bi-l-ḥalībi",
          "text": "قَهْوةٌ بِٱلْحَلِيبِ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "denotes accompaniment",
        "with (a component)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "with pleasure",
          "roman": "bi-surūrin",
          "text": "بِسُرُورٍ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "with success and distinction",
          "roman": "bi-mtiyāzin",
          "text": "بِٱمْتِيازٍ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "denotes accompaniment",
        "with (a quality); in (a state)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ],
        [
          "in",
          "in"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: مَعَ (maʕa)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "denotes accompaniment"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "tied to a tree",
          "roman": "marbūṭun bi-šajaratin",
          "text": "مَرْبُوطٌ بِشَجَرَةٍ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "unrelated to the subject",
          "roman": "lā ʕalāqata lahu bi-l-mawḍūʕi",
          "text": "لَا عَلاقةَ لَهُ بِٱلْمَوْضُوعِ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "denotes proximity, with, to, next to, at (touching on, connected with, concerning)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ],
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ],
        [
          "next to",
          "next to"
        ],
        [
          "at",
          "at"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "on the earth/in or inside the ground",
          "roman": "bi-l-ʔarḍi",
          "text": "بِٱلْأَرْضِ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in the village",
          "roman": "bi-l-qaryati",
          "text": "بِٱلقَرْيةِ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "at the library",
          "roman": "bi-l-maktabati",
          "text": "بِٱلْمَكْتَبَةِ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "at the office/in the desk",
          "roman": "bi-l-maktabi",
          "text": "بِٱلْمَكْتَبِ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "denotes inclusion, surrounding, or location, within (a place); in; on; at"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "within",
          "within"
        ],
        [
          "in",
          "in"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on"
        ],
        [
          "at",
          "at"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "فِي"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I bought it for a thousand riyals.",
          "roman": "ištaraytuhu bi-ʔalfi riyālin.",
          "text": "اِشْتَرَيْتُهُ بِأَلْفِ رِيَالٍ.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "denotes requital, giving or doing in return; for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "He is not one who witnessed [it] or read [it].",
          "roman": "huwa laysa bi-šāhidin wa-lā bi-qāriʔin.",
          "text": "هُوَ لَيْسَ بِشَاهِدٍ وَلَا بِقَارِئٍ.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "marks the predicate of a negative copula"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bi/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ب"
}
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