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بَدْء
beginning /ˈbadʔ/
nounA2#1060 most common
Also: start, commencement, onset
Example sentences
هٰذا بَدْءُ الدَّرْسِ.
This is the start of the lesson.
نَنْتَظِرُ بَدْءَ الفِيلْمِ.
We are waiting for the start of the film.
مَعَ بَدْءِ العامِ الدِّراسِيِّ، عادَ الطُّلّابُ إلى المَدارِسِ.
With the start of the school year, the students returned to school.
أَعْلَنَتِ الحُكومةُ عَنْ بَدْءِ المَشْروعِ الجَديدِ.
The government announced the start of the new project.
مُنْذُ بَدْءِ الخَليقةِ، سَعى الإنْسانُ إلى فَهْمِ الكَوْنِ.
Since the beginning of creation, humankind has sought to understand the universe.
يُؤَرِّخُ المُؤَرِّخونَ بَدْءَ الحِقْبةِ الحَديثةِ بِسُقوطِ القُسْطَنْطينِيّةِ.
Historians date the beginning of the modern era to the fall of Constantinople.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَدْءٌ | None |
| Genitive | بَدْءٍ | None |
| Accusative | بَدْءًا | None |
| Vocative | يا بَدْءُ | None |
Word family
Etymology
بَدْء is the verbal noun of the verb بَدَأَ, 'to begin.' It comes from the Semitic triliteral root b-d-ʾ, which carries the sense of starting or originating. The same root gives مَبْدَأ, 'principle,' and بِدَاية, 'beginning.' Arabic is a Semitic language, so the word has no Indo-European root.
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