بدا

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Arabic

Root
ب د و (b d w)
4 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.daː/
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Verb

بَدَا • (badā) I (non-past يَبْدُو (yabdū), verbal noun بُدُوّ (buduww) or بَدَاء (badāʔ))

  1. to appear
    Synonym: ظَهَرَ (ẓahara)
    Antonyms: خَفَى (ḵafā), غَابَ (ḡāba)
  2. to become evident, clear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of بَدَا (I, final-weak, a ~ u, impersonal passive (?), verbal nouns بُدُوّ, بَدَاء)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر 		بُدُوّ, بَدَاء
buduww, badāʔ
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل 		بَادٍ
bādin
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول 		مَبْدُوّ
mabduww
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m بَدَوْتُ
badawtu 		بَدَوْتَ
badawta 		بَدَا
badā 		بَدَوْتُمَا
badawtumā 		بَدَوَا
badawā 		بَدَوْنَا
badawnā 		بَدَوْتُمْ
badawtum 		بَدَوْا
badaw
f بَدَوْتِ
badawti 		بَدَتْ
badat 		بَدَتَا
badatā 		بَدَوْتُنَّ
badawtunna 		بَدَوْنَ
badawna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m أَبْدُو
ʔabdū 		تَبْدُو
tabdū 		يَبْدُو
yabdū 		تَبْدُوَانِ
tabduwāni 		يَبْدُوَانِ
yabduwāni 		نَبْدُو
nabdū 		تَبْدُونَ
tabdūna 		يَبْدُونَ
yabdūna
f تَبْدِينَ
tabdīna 		تَبْدُو
tabdū 		تَبْدُوَانِ
tabduwāni 		تَبْدُونَ
tabdūna 		يَبْدُونَ
yabdūna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m أَبْدُوَ
ʔabduwa 		تَبْدُوَ
tabduwa 		يَبْدُوَ
yabduwa 		تَبْدُوَا
tabduwā 		يَبْدُوَا
yabduwā 		نَبْدُوَ
nabduwa 		تَبْدُوا
tabdū 		يَبْدُوا
yabdū
f تَبْدِي
tabdī 		تَبْدُوَ
tabduwa 		تَبْدُوَا
tabduwā 		تَبْدُونَ
tabdūna 		يَبْدُونَ
yabdūna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m أَبْدُ
ʔabdu 		تَبْدُ
tabdu 		يَبْدُ
yabdu 		تَبْدُوَا
tabduwā 		يَبْدُوَا
yabduwā 		نَبْدُ
nabdu 		تَبْدُوا
tabdū 		يَبْدُوا
yabdū
f تَبْدِي
tabdī 		تَبْدُ
tabdu 		تَبْدُوَا
tabduwā 		تَبْدُونَ
tabdūna 		يَبْدُونَ
yabdūna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m اُبْدُ
ubdu 		اُبْدُوَا
ubduwā 		اُبْدُوا
ubdū
f اُبْدِي
ubdī 		اُبْدُونَ
ubdūna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m — — بُدِيَ
budiya 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m — — يُبْدَى
yubdā 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m — — يُبْدَى
yubdā 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m — — يُبْدَ
yubda 		— — — — —
f — — — — —

References

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

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ب د ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa).

Pronunciation

Verb

بدا • (bdā) I (non-past يبدا (yibda))

  1. to begin, to start

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب د ي
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa).

Pronunciation

Verb

بدا • (bada) I (present ببدا (bibda))

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to begin, to start
    Synonym: بلّش (ballaš)
    Antonym: خلّص (ḵallaṣ)
    ايمتى بدّه يبدا الاجتماع؟
    emta biddo yibda l-ijtimāʕ?
    When is the meeting going to start?
    بدا قتال بين شباب المدرستين.
    bada ʔtāl bēn šabāb il-madrastēn.
    A fight broke out between the guys from the two schools.
    (literally, “A fight started between the guys of the two schools.”)
    اليوم بديت شغلي الساعة تمانية بالزبط.
    il-yōm badēt šuḡli s-sāʕa tamānye biẓ-ẓabṭ.
    Today I started work at eight o'clock.
    بدا علاقة مع بنت عشر سنين ازغر منه.
    bada ʕalāqa maʕ bint ʕašr snīn azḡar minno.
    He got into a relationship with a girl ten years younger than him.
    (literally, “He started a relationship with a girl ten years younger than him.”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of بدا (bada)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بديت (badēt) بديت (badēt) بدا (bada) بدينا (badēna) بديتو (badētu) بدو (badu)
f بديتي (badēti) بدت (badat)
present m ببدا (babda) بتبدا (btibda) بيبدا (bibda) منبدا (mnibda) بتبدو (btibdu) ببدو (bibdu)
f بتبدي (btibdi) بتبدا (btibda)
subjunctive m ابدا (abda) تبدا (tibda) يبدا (yibda) نبدا (nibda) تبدو (tibdu) يبدو (yibdu)
f تبدي (tibdi) تبدا (tibda)
imperative m ابدا (ibda) ابدو (ibdu)
f ابدي (ibdi)
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