Arabic vocabulary

بِوَاسِطِfor the duration of in Arabic

بِوَاسِطِ is how you say “for the duration of” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وَأَقَامَ بِوَاسِطِ خَمْسِ سِنِينَ يَخْدِمُ نَفْسَهُ بِنَفْسِهِ،
He remained for five years, attending to his own needs by himself.
بِوَاسِطِ — for the duration of. This is the preposition bi- attached to a place name (Wasit). With a verb of staying, bi- marks the location where the staying happened, anchoring him at that spot. The token therefore fuses 'in/at' with the place into one word, and the place name takes the genitive that bi- forces on it.
From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →

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