بعض

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See also: تعض

Arabic

Root
ب ع ض (b-ʕ-ḍ)

Pronunciation

Noun

بَعْض (baʕḍm

  1. some, part
    بَعْضُ الشَّرِّ أَهْوَنُ مِنْ بَعْضٍ
    baʕḍu aš-šarri ʔahwanu min baʕḍin
    Some evils are lesser than others.
  2. In reduplication, expresses English each other
    نَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ
    naẓara baʕḍuhum ʔilā baʕḍin
    They looked at each other.
    (literally, “some of them looked at some .”)

Usage notes

  • The above example shows the formally correct use of بَعْض (baʕḍ, each other) with a preposition. Note, however, that in contemporary Arabic one will frequently hear and read the same sentence as: نَظَرُوا إلَى بَعْضِهِمُ البَعْض (naẓarū ʔilā baʕḍihimu l-baʕḍ).

Declension

Descendants

  • Persian: بعض (ba'z)
  • Persian: بعضی (ba'zi)
  • Swahili: baadhi
  • Urdu: بعض (bāz)

Verb

بَعَّضَ (baʕʕaḍa) II, non-past يُبَعِّضُ‎ (yubaʕʕiḍu)

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Conjugation

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ع ض
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بَعْض (baʕḍ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baʕdˤ/,
  • (file)

Determiner

بعض (baʕḍ)

  1. some, several
    Synonyms: كم (kam), أكم (ʔakam)
    بعض الناسbaʕd in-nāssome people

Pronoun

بعض (baʕḍ)

  1. one another, each other
    بحبّو بعض.
    biḥebbu baʕḍ
    They love each other.
  2. (+ مع) together
    Synonym: سوا (sawa)
  3. (+ ورا) back to back, in a row
    عملت تلات فحوصات كورونا تلات إيّام ورا بعض.
    ʕmilt talāt fḥūṣāt korōna talāt-iyyām wara baʕḍ
    I did three coronavirus tests three days in a row.

Usage notes

  • The reciprocal usage of بعض (baʕḍ) is a shortening of بعضـ... البعض (baʕḍ-⟨pronoun⟩ il-baʕḍ, literally some of ⟨pronoun⟩ ... some ).

Derived terms