بغى

From the root ب غ ي‎ (b-ḡ-y), cognate with Biblical Hebrew בָּעָה‎ (“seek”) and Aramaic בְּעָא‎ (“ask, seek”) and בְּעֵי‎.

بَغَى • (baḡā) I, non-past يَبْغِي‎‎ (yabḡī)

1. to wish, to want

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• بُغْيَة‎ (buḡya, “a wish, a craving”)

بَغَى • (baḡā) I, non-past يَبْغِي‎‎ (yabḡī)

1. to fornicate, to whore

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بَغَى • (baḡā) I, non-past يَبْغِي‎‎ (yabḡī)

1. to sin, to do wrong, to violate (with عَلَى)

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• بِغَاء‎ (biḡāʔ, “prostitution”)
• بَغِيّ‎ (baḡiyy, “prostitute”)
• مَبْغًى‎ (mabḡan, “brothel”)

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “بغى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “بغى”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪ.ʁə/

بغى • (biḡa) I (non-past يِبي‎ (yibi) or يَبي‎ (yabi))

1. to want

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• IPA^(key): /ba.ɣa/

بغى • (baḡa) I (non-past يِبْغى‎ (yibḡa))

1. to want

   Synonym: بغي‎ (biḡi)

   ‏أبغى أروح الملاهي‎

   ʔabḡa ʔarūḥ al-malāhi

   I want to go to the amusement park

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• IPA^(key): /bɣaː/

بغى • (bḡā) I (non-past يبغي‎ (yibḡi))

1. to want

   Synonym: حب‎ (ḥabb)

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2. to love

   Synonym: حب‎ (ḥabb)

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