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بَعُد
to be far away /baˈʕuda/
verbB1#2292 most common
Also: to be distant, to be remote, to become far
Example sentences
بَعُدَ البَيْت.
The house is far.
بَعُدَ المَكانُ عَنّا.
The place is far from us.
كُلَّما بَعُدَ الطَّريقُ زادَ التَّعَب.
The longer the road, the greater the fatigue.
بَعُدَتِ المَسافَةُ بَينَ المَدينَتَينِ كَثيراً.
The distance between the two cities grew very large.
لَقَد بَعُدَ عَهدي بِتِلكَ الأَيّامِ حَتّى كِدتُ أَنساها.
My time with those days has grown so distant that I nearly forgot them.
بَعُدَ شَأْوُهُ في العِلمِ حَتّى صارَ يُشارُ إِلَيهِ بِالبَنان.
His reach in knowledge became so far that people pointed him out as a model.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَبْعُد | بَعُدْتُ | سَأَبْعُد |
| 2sg | تَبْعُد | بَعُدْتَ | سَتَبْعُد |
| 3sg | يَبْعُد | بَعُدَ | سَيَبْعُد |
| 1pl | نَبْعُد | بَعُدْنا | سَنَبْعُد |
| 2pl | تَبْعُدونَ | بَعُدْتُم | سَتَبْعُدونَ |
| 3pl | يَبْعُدونَ | بَعُدوا | سَيَبْعُدونَ |
Word family
بَعيدfar, distant
بُعْدdistance, dimensionأَبْعَدَto remove, to send far away
اِبْتَعَدَto move away, to keep one's distance
مُبْتَعِدone who keeps away
Etymology
The verb derives from the triliteral Semitic root b-ʕ-d, which carries the sense of distance and remoteness. The form بَعُدَ, on the faʿula pattern, describes an inherent state: to be or become far. The related بَعِدَ can carry a curse-like sense of perishing or being cast far off.
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