Appendix:South Levantine Arabic roots/ب د ل

South Levantine Arabic

Root

ب د ل • (transliteration needed)

1. Related to exchanging

Derived terms

Verbs and verb forms

• Form II: بدّل (baddal, “to exchange”)
  • Verbal Noun: تبديل (tabdīl, “exchange”)
• Form V: تبدّل (tbaddal, “to be exchanged”)
• Form VI: تبادل (tbādal, “to exchange with each other”)

Nouns

• بدلة (badle, “uniform”)

Adjectives

• بديل (badīl, “alternative, substitute”)

Prepositions

• بدال (badāl, “instead of”)