English → Arabic
verse in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- baytu shiʿr
- Arabizi
bayt shi3r- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- أَبْيَتُ شِعْرٍ abyatu shiʿrin
- Root
- ب ي ت
How to use it
"Verse" in Arabic is usually expressed as "بيت شعر" (bayt shiʿr), literally “a line of poetry”. It is a masculine noun and can be pluralized as "أبيات شعر".
Example sentences
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هَذَا بَيْتُ شِعْرٍ جَمِيلٌ.
Hādhā baytu shiʿrin jamīlun.
This is a beautiful verse.
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قَرَأْتُ بَيْتًا شِعْرِيًّا فِي الدَّرْسِ.
Qaraʾtu baytan shiʿriyyan fī al-darsi.
I read a poetic verse in class.
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يُحِبُّ الشَّاعِرُ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ بَيْتًا شِعْرِيًّا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
Yuḥibbu al-shāʿiru an yaktuba baytan shiʿriyyan kulla yawmin.
The poet likes to write a verse every day.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Verse 1.
المقطع 1.
Verse 2.
المقطع 2.
Verse 3.
المقطع 3.
Give me chapter and verse.
اعطني معلومات دقيقة.
He wrote several plays in verse.
كَتَبَ عدة مسرحيات في الشعر.
Leg and arm, (3 times). Verse 4.
الرجل والذراع (ثلاث مرات) المقطع 4.
From which chapter is this verse?
من أي سورة هذه الاَية؟
Which chapter is this verse from?
من أي سورة هذه الاَية؟
He translated the verse into English.
هو ترجم الاية الى اللغة الانكليزية.
The next verse is even more touching.
البيت الشعري القادم مؤثر اكثر.
In everyday life no one speaks in verse.
لا يتكلم احداً بالابيات الشعرية في الحياة اليومية.
Okay, we're going to start that verse again.
حسناً، سنقوم بقلب الآية مجدداً.
Questions and answers
Can "بيت شعر" refer to a single line or a couplet?
It can refer to a single poetic line, but often it is understood as a couplet, especially in classical poetry.
Is there a difference between "بيت شعر" and "مقطع"?
"مقطع" is a stanza or a larger poetic unit, while "بيت شعر" is just one line.
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