بعد

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See also: تغد, تعد, and ب ع د

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ع د (b-ʕ-d)

Verb

بَعُدَ (baʕuda) I, non-past يَبْعُدُ‎ (yabʕudu)
بَعِدَ (baʕida) I, non-past يَبْعَدُ‎ (yabʕadu)

  1. to be distant, afar, to become distant, go away (مِنْ (min) or عَنْ (ʕan) from)
  2. to die, to perish
Conjugation
References

Etymology 2

Noun

بُعْد (buʕdm (plural أَبْعَاد (ʔabʕād))

  1. verbal noun of بَعُدَ (baʕuda) (form I)
  2. distance
  3. dimension
  4. absence
  5. death
  6. interval
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Maltese: bogħod
References

Etymology 3

Noun

بَعَد (baʕadm

  1. verbal noun of بَعَدَ (baʕada) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of بَعِدَ (baʕida) (form I)
  3. distance, going to a distance
  4. death
Declension
References

Etymology 4

Preposition

بَعْدَ (baʕda)

  1. after
    Antonym: قَبْلَ (qabla)
Inflection
    Inflected forms
Base form بَعْدَ (baʕda)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person بَعْدِي (baʕdī) بَعْدَنَا (baʕdanā)
Second person بَعْدَكَ (baʕdaka) بَعْدَكِ (baʕdaki) بَعْدَكُمَا (baʕdakumā) بَعْدَكُمْ (baʕdakum) بَعْدَكُنَّ (baʕdakunna)
Third person بَعْدَهُ (baʕdahu) بَعْدَهَا (baʕdahā) بَعْدَهُمَا (baʕdahumā) بَعْدَهُمْ (baʕdahum) بَعْدَهُنَّ (baʕdahunna)
Derived terms
Descendants

Adverb

بَعْدُ (baʕdu)

  1. after that
    Antonym: قَبْلُ (qablu)
Derived terms

Egyptian Arabic

Preposition

بعد (baʿd)

  1. after

Derived terms

Gulf Arabic

Root
ب ع د
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَعْد (baʕd).

Pronunciation

Preposition

بعد (baʕd)

  1. after
    Synonym: عقب (ʕugub)
    Antonym: قبل (qabl)

Adverb

بعد (baʕad)

  1. too, also, as well
    وآنا بعد
    w-āna baʕad
    me too

See also

North Levantine Arabic

Preposition

بعد (baʿd)

  1. after

Adverb

بعد (baʿd)

  1. (false verb, with personal suffix) still
    بعدو يحكي هالقصه؟
    baʿdu yiḥki hal-ʾuṣṣa?
    Does he still tell this story?

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بَعْد (baʕd).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ba'd
Dari reading? ba'd
Iranian reading? ba'd
Tajik reading? baʾd
Dari بعد
Iranian Persian
Tajik баъд

Adverb

بعد (ba'd)

  1. then, after; afterwards
    Synonym: سپس (sepas)

Adjective

بعد (ba'd)

  1. next
    Synonym: آینده (âyande)
    Antonym: گذشته (gozašte, past)
    ماه بعدmâh-e ba'dnext month
    روز بعدruz-e ba'dthe next day

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بُعْد (buʕd).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? bu'd
Dari reading? bo'd
Iranian reading? bo'd
Tajik reading? büʾd
Dari بعد
Iranian Persian
Tajik бӯъд

Noun

بعد (bo'd) (plural ابعاد (ab'âd) or بعدها (bo'd-hâ))

  1. dimension
Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ع د
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَعْد (baʕd).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baʕd/,
  • (file)

Preposition

بعد (baʕd)

  1. after
    Antonym: قبل (ʔabl)
  2. (Galilee) still; not yet
    Synonym: لسا (lissa)
    بكرة حفلة التخرّج وبعدنا مش مخلّصين امتحانات مدارس.
    bukra ḥaflat it-taḵarruj w-baʕᵉdna miš mḵallaṣīn imtiḥānāt madāres.
    Tomorrow is the graduation ceremony and we still haven't finished school exams.

See also

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بعد (ba'd).

Pronunciation

Adverb

بَعْد (ba'd) (Hindi spelling बाद)

  1. after, later

Related terms

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu بعد (ba'd).

Adverb

بعد (ba'd)

  1. after, later