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بَعِيد
far, distant /ba.ˈʕiːd/
adjectiveA1#264 most common
Also: remote, far-fetched, unlikely, long-off (of time)
Example sentences
البَيتُ بَعِيد.
The house is far.
المَدرَسَةُ بَعِيدَةٌ عَن هُنا.
The school is far from here.
نَعِيشُ في قَريَةٍ بَعِيدَةٍ عَنِ المَدينَة.
We live in a village far from the city.
حُلمُهُ لَيسَ بَعِيدَ المَنالِ إِذا اجتَهَد.
His dream is not out of reach if he works hard.
في مُستَقبَلٍ بَعِيدٍ، قَد تَتَغَيَّرُ حَياتُنا تَماماً.
In the distant future, our lives may change completely.
ظَلَّ صَوتُهُ يَتَرَدَّدُ في أُفُقٍ بَعِيدٍ، كَأَنَّهُ صَدى ذِكرى مَنسِيَّة.
His voice kept echoing on a distant horizon, like the echo of a forgotten memory.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَعِيدٌ | بُعَدَاءُ |
| Genitive | بَعِيدٍ | بُعَدَاءَ |
| Accusative | بَعِيداً | بُعَدَاءَ |
| Vocative | يا بَعِيدُ | يا بُعَدَاءُ |
Word family
بَعُدَto be far
اِبْتَعَدَto move away, distance oneself
بُعْدdistance, dimensionأَبْعَدَto remove, take away
بَعِيدَةfar (feminine)
Etymology
بَعِيد comes from the Semitic root b-ʿ-d, which carries the idea of distance and separation. The same root yields the noun بُعْد (distance) and the common preposition بَعْدَ (after). It is an old root with reflexes across the Semitic family. There is no Indo-European source.
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