بَيْتٌ House of in Arabic
بَيْتٌ is how you say “House of” in Arabic.
Root ب ي ت b-y-t. noun. bayt.
Arabic
English
The audio uses AI voices.
Meaning of House of in Arabic
- house, tent, dwelling the ordinary word for a home or lodging
- marrying, taking a wife figurative use, as the verbal noun of the verb bāta
Example sentence
باب مفتوح من السماء من أبواب الجنة ينزل من الجنات الرحمة على بيت المقدس كل صباح حتى تقوم الساعة
A gate from the gates of Paradise is open in the heavens, from which mercy descends upon Bayt al-Maqdis every morning until the Hour is established.
بَيْتِ the House of
bayt means 'house'; heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word; the noun after 'ala'.
The English is machine-translated.
Practise this word in the app
One tap gives you the meaning, a grammar note and audio.
Add the words you don’t know. Practise them with spaced repetition.
Free. No ads. No subscription.
An account is needed in the app.
How it is used
Bayt is the everyday noun for a physical dwelling, but it also serves as the verbal noun of bāta in the sense of marrying, since the same verb can mean simply to spend the night somewhere. The root's night-time core shows clearly in the Form II verb bayyata, "to think over or plot by night," used in the Qur'an for secretly scheming after dark.
Words from the same root
- بَاتَ to spend the night somewhere
- بَيَّتَ to plan or plot something by night
- مَبِيتٌ a place or act of passing the night
- بَيَاتٌ passing the night; a night-time act
- بَائِتٌ one that has passed the night
More example sentences
والظل الذي ينزل على بيت المقدس شفاء من كل داء من جنان الجنة
And the shade that descends upon Bayt al-Maqdis is a cure for every illness, from the gardens of Paradise.
بَيْتِ the House of
bayt means 'house'; heading an 'of…' phrase; the noun after 'ala'.
كل ليلة ينزل سبعون ألف ملك من السماء إلى الأرض إلى مسجد بيت المقدس
Every night, seventy thousand angels descend from the sky to the earth, to the mosque of Bayt al-Maqdis.
بَيْتِ the House of
bayt means 'house'; heading the next 'of…' word.
فحمله إلى بيته،
and carried it to his home,
بَيْتِهِ his home
Genitive by the preposition before it, with the attached -hu 'his' naming the possessor, so 'his house'. The pronoun shows whose.
فلما وصل إلى بيته وجد الدبس قد سال كله
When he reached his home, he found all the molasses had spilled.
بَيْتِهِ his home
Genitive by the preposition before it, with the attached -hu 'his' naming the possessor, 'his house'.
أَبُو مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيُّ، أَنَّهُ تَوَضَّأَ فِي بَيْتِهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ،
Abu Musa al-Ash'ari reported that he performed ablution in his house, then he went out.
بَيْتِهِ his house
A noun fused with 'his', 'his house', the attached possessor naming the owner. One word holds both the place and 'his'.
الْمَثَلُ الْأَوَّلُ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ،
The first example: a man went out of his house to pray.
بَيْتِهِ his house
This noun carries -hu ('his') and is governed into the genitive by the preceding 'from', so it means 'out of his house'. The attached possessor reaches back to the man just introduced, tracking who owns the house. One Arabic word gives the English 'his house'.
وَتُؤْتِيَ الزَّكَاةَ، وَتَصُومَ رَمَضَانَ، وَتَحُجَّ الْبَيْتَ إنْ اسْتَطَعْت إلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا
And give the obligatory charity, fast during Ramadan, and perform the pilgrimage to the House if you are able to find a way to it.
الْبَيْتَ the House
The definite object of the pilgrimage verb, marked with al- ('the') and in the accusative as the destination acted upon. It names the specific place the pilgrimage is directed at. The accusative ending shows it is the goal of the verb, not its doer.
Common questions
- How do you say "house" in Arabic?
- بَيْت (bayt).
- What does the verb بيّت (bayyata) mean?
- To think over, plan, or plot a matter by night, as in the Qur'anic use for secret night-time scheming.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).