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بَعْد
after /ˈbaʕd/
nounA2#1343 most common
Also: afterwards, later, yet (with final ḍamma, after a negative)
Example sentences
أَرَاكَ بَعْدَ قَلِيلٍ.
See you in a little while.
نَلْعَبُ بَعْدَ الْمَدْرَسَةِ.
We play after school.
وَصَلَ الْقِطَارُ بَعْدَ سَاعَةٍ.
The train arrived after an hour.
سَأَتَّصِلُ بِكِ بَعْدَ الْغَدَاءِ.
I will call you after lunch.
بَعْدَ أَنْ قَرَأَ الرِّسَالَةَ، صَمَتَ طَوِيلًا.
After he read the letter, he stayed silent for a long time.
لَمْ تَتَّضِحْ نَتَائِجُ التَّجْرِبَةِ بَعْدُ، فَالْبَاحِثُونَ يَنْتَظِرُونَ مَزِيدًا مِنَ الْبَيَانَاتِ.
The experiment's results are not yet clear, so the researchers are waiting for more data.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَعْدٌ (baʿdun) | — |
| Genitive | بَعْدٍ (baʿdin) | — |
| Accusative | بَعْدَ (baʿda) | — |
| Vocative | — | — |
Word family
بَعِيد (baʿīd)far, distant
بُعْد (buʿd)distance, dimension
اِبْتَعَدَ (ibtaʿada)to move away, distance oneself
بَعْدَمَا (baʿdamā)after (that)
أَبْعَد (abʿad)farther, more remote
Etymology
بَعْد comes from the Semitic root b-ʿ-d, which carries the idea of distance and separation. From distance in space the sense moved to distance in time, giving the meaning 'after.' The same root produces بَعِيد 'far' and بُعْد 'distance.'
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