(بيت) Baytun – noun, pl. (بيوت) buyu_t, (أبيات) abya_t
Meanings
- house, home
- verse (as in poetry)
Examples
- wa inna awhana al-buyu_ti labaytu ‘l-‘ankabu_t…
(َإِنَّ أَوْهَنَ الْبُيُوتِ لَبَيْتُ الْعَنكَبُوتِ);
“…and indeed the weakest of houses is that of the spider…” – Quran 29:41 - hafiZtu baytan min abya_ti sh’irihi ‘l-jami_l
(حفظت بيتا من أبيات شعره الجميل);
I memorized a verse from the verses of his beautiful poetry.
