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عِنْدَئِذٍ
then / at that time /ʕɪn.daʔˈɪ.ðɪn/
adverbB2#3567 most common
Also: thereupon, at that moment, on that occasion
Example sentences
خرجتُ من البيت، وعندئذٍ بدأ المطر.
I left the house, and then it started to rain.
وصل الأصدقاء، وعندئذٍ بدأت الحفلة.
The friends arrived, and then the party began.
لم يعرف الجواب، وعندئذٍ سأل المعلم.
He didn't know the answer, and then he asked the teacher.
إذا لم تصلك الرسالة غدًا، فسنتصل بك عندئذٍ.
If the letter doesn't reach you tomorrow, we will call you then.
انهارت الحكومة عام ١٩٩٠، وعندئذٍ بدأت مرحلة جديدة من الإصلاحات.
The government collapsed in 1990, and at that time a new phase of reforms began.
لم تكن الأدلة كافية لإدانته، وعندئذٍ قرر القاضي إطلاق سراحه بكفالة.
The evidence was not enough to convict him, and thereupon the judge decided to release him on bail.
Word family
عندat, near, with
إذwhen, at the time that
حينئذٍat that time (synonym)
وقتئذٍat that time (synonym)
إذنso, therefore, then (consequence, not time)
Etymology
عندئذٍ is a native Arabic compound, not a borrowing. It fuses عند ("at, with, near") with إذ ("that time, when"), and adds a genitive tanween ending that gives the whole unit adverbial force. Classical grammarians treat this fusion of a preposition with the time-noun إذ as a standard way to build temporal adverbs, seen also in حينئذٍ and وقتئذٍ. There is no Indo-European root involved.
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