بيس

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See also: بئس, بئش, بیس, پیش, and تیس

Arabic

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Verb

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بِيسَ (bīsa) (form I) /biː.sa/

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of بَاسَ (bāsa)

Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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بيس (Rumi besa)

  1. rain
    بيس فوفرايbesa fofuraia drizzle, a drizzling rain

Verb

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بيس (Rumi besa)

  1. to rain

References

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  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yemeni Arabic

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Etymology

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Plural of Arabic بيسة (the smallest copper coin), from an Indian language (compare पैसा (paisā)) likely via Persian.

Noun

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بْيَس (byas) (plural)

  1. (Tihamah, Aden) money

See also

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  • روبية (rūbya, money (Tihamah, obsolete))
  • زلط (zalaṭ, money (Sanʿa))
  • عدي (ʕaddī, money (Haḍramawt))
  • بقش (bugaš, money)
  • قروش (gurūš, money)
  • فلوس (fulūs, filūs, money)