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بَدا
to appear, to seem /baˈdaː/
verbA1#73 most common
Also: to seem, to look (like), to become apparent/evident
Example sentences
يَبْدو الطَّعامُ لَذيذاً.
The food looks delicious.
بَدا القَمَرُ في السَّماءِ لَيلاً.
The moon appeared in the sky at night.
تَبْدو أُختي مُتعَبةً اليَوم.
My sister looks tired today.
يَبْدو أنَّ الطَّقسَ سيَتَغَيَّرُ غَداً.
It seems that the weather will change tomorrow.
بَدا لي أنَّهُ لا يَقولُ الحَقيقةَ كامِلةً.
It seemed to me that he was not telling the whole truth.
مَهما بَدا الأمرُ مُعَقَّداً في ظاهِرِهِ، فإنَّ الصَّبرَ يُفضي إلى الحَلِّ.
However complicated the matter may appear on the surface, patience leads to the solution.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَبْدو | بَدَوْتُ | سَأَبْدو |
| 2sg | تَبْدو | بَدَوْتَ | سَتَبْدو |
| 3sg | يَبْدو | بَدا | سَيَبْدو |
| 1pl | نَبْدو | بَدَوْنا | سَنَبْدو |
| 2pl | تَبْدونَ | بَدَوْتُمْ | سَتَبْدونَ |
| 3pl | يَبْدونَ | بَدَوْا | سَيَبْدونَ |
Word family
يَبْدوhe/it appears, seems (present tense)
بادٍapparent, visible, evident (active participle)
أَبْدىto show, reveal, express (Form IV)
بادِيةdesert, open countryside
بَداوةBedouin / nomadic life
Etymology
بَدا derives from the triliteral Semitic root ب-د-و (b-d-w), whose core notion is coming out into the open and becoming visible. The same root yields بادية 'the open desert' and بَدْو 'the Bedouin' — literally those who dwell out in the open. From the concrete sense 'to come into view' the verb developed the meanings 'to appear, become evident' and, figuratively, 'to seem'. It must not be confused with the hamzated verb بَدَأ (root b-d-ʾ) 'to begin'.
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