بدأ

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From the root ب د ء (b-d-ʔ). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew בדא (badā, to invent).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ba.da.ʔa/
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Verb

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بَدَأَ (badaʔa) I (non-past يَبْدَأُ (yabdaʔu), verbal noun بَدْء (badʔ) or بَدْأَة (badʔa) or بِدَايَة (bidāya) or مَبْدَأ (mabdaʔ) or بُدَاءَة (budāʔa) or بَدَاءَة (badāʔa))

  1. to begin

Conjugation

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References

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