baath
/bɑːθ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The Arab Socialist Baath Party, a secular Arab socialist political party present in several countries in the Middle East, most prominently Iraq and Syria.
Example Sentences
- "Today it is they that proclaim the slogan of "federation"—which is opposed to the Baath's postulates."
- "Nasser had a country without a party, but the Baath was still a party without a country."
- "For the Party to succeed in achieving these aims, Aflaq insisted that the Baath had to be nationalist, populist, socialist and revolutionary."
- "The Baath was small but well organized and bold, and could not be intimidated."
- "The Baath is an avowedly secular party that has pursued socialist economic policies and at one time was aligned with the "godless" Soviet Union."
- "The 1973 War was an opportunity for decision makers to demonstrate that their work under the Baath was substantively different than their predecessors, [...]"
Etymology
From Arabic بَعْث (baʕṯ, “resurrection”), part of the party's official name, حِزْب البَعْث العَرَبِيّ الاِشْتِرَاكِيّ (ḥizb al-baʕṯ al-ʕarabiyy al-ištirākiyy, literally “the party of the Arab socialist resurrection”). The sequence ــَعْـ (aʿ) is often rendered as ⟨aa⟩ in English; compare Baalbek for بَعْلَبَكّ (baʕlabakk), the Kaaba for الكَعْبَة (al-kaʕba), Saad (name) for سَعْد (saʕd), or zaatar for زَعْتَر (zaʕtar).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ب ع ث, بَعْث
Inflected Forms
the Baath (canonical)
Bath (alternative)
Ba'th (alternative)
Baʻth (alternative)
Ba'ath (alternative)
Baʻath (alternative)