Arabic vocabulary
بَسjust, only
How to say “just, only” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
ما هذا الخوض في الفضول إنما هو كتاب وسنة بس،
What is this engagement in trivialities? It is nothing but the Book and the Sunnah.
بَسْ — only. This is a colloquial closing word, 'just that / and no more', capping the restriction. Its grammatical job is to seal off the list, underlining that the matter is the Book and the practice and nothing further.
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