بيد

• بَائِدَ (bāʔida)
• بَايَدَ (bāyada)

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• IPA^(key): /baj.da/

بَيْدَ • (bayda)

1. for the sake of, because of
   • 7th century C.E., Kašf al-Ḵafaʾ wa-Muzīl al-Ilbās, Hadith:

     أَنَا أَفْصَحُ العَرَبِ بَيْدَ أَنِّي مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَنَشَأْتُ فِي بَنِي سَعْدٍ

     ʔanā ʔafṣaḥu l-ʕarabi bayda ʔannī min qurayšin wanašaʔtu fī banī saʕdin

     My speech is the most clear among Arabs, for I'm from Quraysh and I grew up in Bani Sa'd.

2. even though, but, except

   Synonym: عَلَى (ʕalā)

   • هُوَ كَثِيرُ المَالِ بَيْدَ أَنَّهُ بَخِيلٌ

     huwa kaṯīru l-māli bayda ʔannahu baḵīlun

     He's wealthy, but miserly.

   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 7:28:

     نَحْنُ الآخِرُونَ السَّابِقُونَ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ بَيْدَ أَنَّهُمْ أُوتُوا الكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا وَأُوتِينَاهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ

     naḥnu l-ʔāḵirūna s-sābiqūna yawma l-qiyāmati bayda ʔannahum ʔūtū l-kitāba min qablinā waʔūtīnāhu min baʕdihim

     We are the latter, but the day of resurrection we will be first, even though they received the Scripture before us, and we received it after them.

It is always followed by أَنَّ (ʔanna).

• Najdi Arabic: ميد