وعد

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ʕa.da/

Verb

وَعَدَ • (waʕada) I, non-past يَعِدُ‎ (yaʕidu)

1. (ditransitive) to promise (construed doubly transitive or someone بِ (bi) something)

   هَلْ تَعِدُنِي بِذٰلِكَ؟ (talking to a male)

   hal taʕidunī biḏālika?

   Will you promise me (are you promising me) this?

Conjugation

Derived terms

• مَوْءُدَة (mawʔuda)

Verb

وَعَدَ • (waʕada) I, non-past يَعِدُ‎ (yaʕidu)

1. (ditransitive) to threaten with
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 36:63:

     هَٰذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ

     This is Hell/Gehenna, which you were threatened with

Conjugation

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “وعد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “وعد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “وعد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waʕd/

Noun

وَعْد • (waʕd) m (plural وُعُود (wuʕūd))

1. verbal noun of وَعَدَ (waʕada) (form I)
2. promise
3. threat, menace
4. anything promised or threatened

Declension

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: وعد (vaad)
  • Turkish: vaat

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “وعد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “وعد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَعَدَ (waʕada).

Pronunciation

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Verb

وعد • (waʕad) I (non-past يوعد (yiwʕid))

1. to promise

Conjugation

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَعْد (waʕd, “promise”).

Noun

وعد • (vaʾad)

1. promise, a commitment to do or not to do something

   Synonym: سوز (söz)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Turkish: vaat

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “vaat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5077
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “va'd”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1360
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وعد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1312
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Promissio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1378
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “وعد”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 5389
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vaat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وعد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2142

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَعَدَ (waʕada).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ʕad/,

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Verb

وعد • (waʕad) I (present بوعد (būʕed))

1. to promise

Conjugation