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عاد
to return /ˈʕaː.da/
verbA1#107 most common
Also: to come back, to go back, to recur
Example sentences
عَادَ الوَلَدُ إِلَى البَيْتِ.
The boy returned home.
مَتَى تَعُودُ مِنَ العَمَلِ؟
When do you come back from work?
سَأَعُودُ إِلَى بَلَدِي فِي الصَّيْفِ.
I will return to my country in the summer.
عَادَتْ إِلَيْهِ الذِّكْرَيَاتُ فَجْأَةً.
The memories suddenly came back to him.
لَنْ تَعُودَ الأُمُورُ إِلَى مَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ قَبْلَ الحَرْبِ.
Things will not return to what they were before the war.
لَمْ يَعُدْ بِالإِمْكَانِ تَأْجِيلُ القَرَارِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ.
It is no longer possible to postpone the decision any further.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَعُودُ | عُدْتُ | سَأَعُودُ |
| 2sg | تَعُودُ | عُدْتَ | سَتَعُودُ |
| 3sg | يَعُودُ | عَادَ | سَيَعُودُ |
| 1pl | نَعُودُ | عُدْنَا | سَنَعُودُ |
| 2pl | تَعُودُونَ | عُدْتُمْ | سَتَعُودُونَ |
| 3pl | يَعُودُونَ | عَادُوا | سَيَعُودُونَ |
Word family
عَوْدَة (ʿawda)return, comeback
عَادَة (ʿāda)habit, custom
عِيد (ʿīd)festival, feast
أَعَادَ (ʾaʿāda)to repeat, give back
مُعِيد (muʿīd)teaching assistant
Etymology
عاد comes from the Semitic root ع-و-د, which carries the idea of returning and recurring. The same root produced عادة, the habit one returns to, and عيد, the festival that comes round again. Hebrew עוֹד, meaning 'again' or 'still', shares this root.
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