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أَبَدِيّ
eternal /ʔabaˈdiːj/
adjectiveB2#3498 most common
Also: everlasting, perpetual, timeless
Example sentences
الله أبديٌّ.
God is eternal.
حبّي لك أبديّ.
My love for you is eternal.
هذا الوشم رمزٌ لصداقتنا الأبدية.
This tattoo is a symbol of our eternal friendship.
يؤمن المسلمون بالحياة الأبدية بعد الموت.
Muslims believe in eternal life after death.
لا شيء في هذا العالم أبديّ، فكلّ شيء إلى زوال.
Nothing in this world is eternal; everything is destined to fade away.
سعى الفراعنة إلى تخليد ذكراهم عبر بناء الأهرامات، ظنًّا منهم أنّ المجد قد يكون أبديًّا.
The pharaohs sought to immortalize their memory by building the pyramids, believing that glory could be eternal.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أبديٌّ | أبديّون |
| Genitive | أبديٍّ | أبديّين |
| Accusative | أبديًّا | أبديّين |
| Vocative | أبديُّ | أبديّون |
Word family
أبدeternity, perpetuity
أبديةeternalness, the state of being eternal
مؤبّدpermanent, life-long (used for life sentences)
تأبيدperpetuation, making something permanent
أبدًاforever, never (depending on context)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ء ب د (ʾ-b-d), which carries the sense of eternity or perpetuity. The noun أبد (abad) means eternity, and adding the nisba suffix ـيّ turns it into the adjective أبديّ, meaning eternal or belonging to eternity. This root is native to Semitic, not Indo-European, so it has no PIE ancestor.
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