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أبدى

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Arabic

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Root
ب د و (b d w)
4 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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أَبْدَى (ʔabdā) IV (non-past يُبْدِي (yubdī), verbal noun إِبْدَاء (ʔibdāʔ))

  1. to disclose
    Antonym: أَخْفَى (ʔaḵfā)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:284:
      وَإِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُم بِهِ اللَّهُ
      waʔin tubdū mā fī ʔanfusikum ʔaw tuḵfūhu yuḥāsibkum bihi l-lahu
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to express
    أَبْدَى رَغْبَةً فِي ٱلذَّهَابِ إِلَى مِصْرَ.
    ʔabdā raḡbatan fī ḏ-ḏahābi ʔilā miṣra.
    He expressed a desire to go to Egypt.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بدو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN