بغى

See also: بغي

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ب غ ي (b-ḡ-y), cognate with Biblical Hebrew בָּעָה (seek) and Aramaic בְּעָא (ask, seek) and בְּעֵי.

Verb

بَغَى (baḡā) I, non-past يَبْغِي‎ (yabḡī)

  1. to wish

Conjugation

Verb

بَغَى (baḡā) I, non-past يَبْغِي‎ (yabḡī)

  1. to fornicate, to whore

Conjugation

Verb

بَغَى (baḡā) I, non-past يَبْغِي‎ (yabḡī)

  1. to sin, to do wrong, to violate (with عَلَى)

Conjugation

  • بِغَاء (biḡāʾ, prostitution)
  • بَغِيّ (baḡiyy, prostitute)
  • مَبْغًى (mabḡan, brothel)

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), بغى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), بغى”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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