Arabic vocabulary

بَائِعٌseller in Arabic

بَائِعٌ is how you say “seller” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.

Example sentences

فذهب إلى البائع يشكوه
so he went to the seller to complain.
الْبَائِعِ — the seller. Definite by al' and genitive by the preposition before it; the seller he went to.
From: Heedless Choices →
فقال له البائع لماذا لم تحمله مقلوبًا؟
The seller said to him: Why didn't you carry it upside down?
الْبَائِعُ — the seller. Names the doer of 'said' and takes the -u subject ending, identifying who spoke, the seller.
From: Heedless Choices →
فرجع إلى البائع فقال لقد حملته مقلوبًا كما قلت، فسال كله
He returned to the seller and said: I carried it upside down as you said, and it all spilled.
الْبَائِعِ — the seller. Definite by al' and genitive by the preposition before it; the seller he returned to.
From: Heedless Choices →
فقال البائع أنت أحمق، كان ينبغي أن تحمله مقلوبًا وأنت تسير على رأسك حتى لا يسيل
The seller said: You are foolish; you should have carried it upside down while walking on your head so it wouldn't spill!
الْبَائِعُ — the seller. Definite by al' and carrying the -u subject ending, naming the speaker, the delayed subject of the verb before it.
From: Heedless Choices →

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