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أَبْعَد
farther, more distant /ˈʔabʕad/
adjectiveA2#1138 most common
Also: further, farthest, most remote
Example sentences
بَيْتي أَبْعَد.
My house is farther.
المَدْرَسَةُ أَبْعَدُ مِنَ السّوقِ.
The school is farther than the market.
هَل تَستَطيعُ أَن تَذهَبَ أَبْعَد؟
Can you go farther?
هذِهِ هِيَ القَرْيَةُ الأَبْعَدُ عَنِ المَدينَةِ.
This is the village farthest from the city.
كُلَّما تَقَدَّمْنا أَبْعَدَ في الصَّحْراءِ، اشتَدَّ الحَرُّ.
The farther we advanced into the desert, the hotter it got.
يَسعى القائِدُ إلى تَحقيقِ أَبْعَدِ أَهدافِهِ مَهما طالَ الزَّمَنُ.
The leader strives to achieve his most far-reaching goals however long it takes.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَبْعَدُ | أَباعِدُ |
| Genitive | أَبْعَدَ | أَباعِدَ |
| Accusative | أَبْعَدَ | أَباعِدَ |
| Vocative | أَبْعَدُ | أَباعِدُ |
Word family
بَعيدfar, distant
بُعْدdistance, dimensionابْتَعَدَto move away, keep one's distance
بَعَّدَto remove, send far off
بَعْدafter, afterwardEtymology
أَبْعَد is the elative form of the adjective بَعيد, meaning far. It is built on the triliteral root ب-ع-د, which carries the sense of distance and separation. The pattern أَفْعَل turns the base adjective into farther or farthest. The root is common Semitic and has no Indo-European ancestry.
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