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Traditionally counted as one of the ʔaḍdād. There is, however, no real contradiction (as Monteil 1970: 90 has shown): bāʕa does not signify either buying or selling but the reciprocal act of exchanging s.th., »sans que l’asymétrie de la relation soit exprimé« (ibid.).

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▪ DRS 2 (1994)#BYʕ-1: Pun bʕt ‘tarif’, nSyr be ‘hyothèque’, Ar bāʕa, Tham byʕ ‘vendre’, Soq ʔebiḥ ‘être la part de qn, échoir’, šeʔebaḥ ‘demander le partage, partager’; ? Te bayʔät ‘tromperie, abus de confiance’.
▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#254: AfrAs *bay˅ʕ‑ ‘sell’ > Sem *bīʕ‑ ‘sell’: Ar bayʕ‑ , i. – Cognates only in WCh *bay‑ (with loss of auslaut laryngeal) ‘trade’¹, ‘sell’², and Rift beʔ‑ (with irregular *‑ʔ‑) ‘buy, sell’.
▪ Cf. also bīʕaẗ (though unrelated).

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▪ DRS 2 (1994)#BYʕ-1: Aram Syr bāyaʕ < Ar bāyaʕa ‘prêter serment d’allégeance’, sens dérivé de ‘conclure une transaction’. – nSyr < Ar. – Te < Ar bayʕaẗ‑.
▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#25: Ar bayʕ‑ i ‘sell’ < Sem *bīʕ‑ ‘sell’ < AfrAs *bay˅ʕ‑ ‘sell’.
▪ Cf. also bīʕaẗ (though unrelated).

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► bāyaʕa, vb. III, to make a contract; to pay homage; to acknowledge as sovereign or leader, pledge allegiance:.
► ʔabāʕa, vb. IV, to offer for sale:.
► tabāyaʕa, vb. VI, to agree on the terms of a sale, conclude a bargain.
► ĭnbāʕa, vb. VII, to be sold, be for sale.
► ĭbtāʕa, vb. VIII, to buy, purchase:.
► ^BP#1078bayʕ, pl. buyūʕ, buyūʕāt, n., sale: vn. I.
► bayʕaẗ, n.f., agreement, arrangement; business deal, commercial transaction, bargain; sale; purchase; homage:.
► bayyāʕ, n., salesman, merchant, dealer, commission agent, middleman:.
► mubāyaʕaẗ, n.f., pl. ‑āt conclusion of contract; homage; pledge of allegiance; transaction: vn. III.
► ibtiyāʕ, n., purchase: vn. VIII.
► ^BP#3100bāʔiʕ, n., seller, vendor; dealer, merchant; salesman: PA I.
► bāʔiʕaẗ, n.f., saleswoman: PA I.
► ^BP#3191mabīʕ, adj., sold: PP I; n., pl. ‑āt sales:.
► mubtāʕ, n., buyer, purchaser: nominalized PA VIII.

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