Arabic vocabulary

بِأَيِّfor what in Arabic

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

Example sentences

صَاحَ مُسْتَغِيثًا بِهِمْ تَرَى هَذَا بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ؟
Someone calling to them for help cried out: "Do you see this? For what sin?!"
بِأَيِّ — for what. A 'bi-' fused to the question word 'which/what', together asking 'for what...?' or 'on account of which...?'. The preposition gives the question a 'by reason of' slant, and it governs the noun after it into the 'of'-style ending, so the unit demands the specific sin that could justify the suffering.
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