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غَدا
to become /ˈɣa.daː/
verbB2#4193 most common
Also: to go out at daybreak, to set forth in the morning
Example sentences
غَدا الجَوُّ بارِدًا.
The weather became cold.
غَدَتِ البِنْتُ سَعيدَةً.
The girl became happy.
غَدا صَديقي طَبيبًا مَشْهورًا.
My friend became a famous doctor.
غَدا مِنَ الضَّروريِّ تَغْييرُ الخُطَّةِ.
It became necessary to change the plan.
غَدَتِ العَلاقاتُ بَيْنَ البَلَدَيْنِ أَكْثَرَ تَوَتُّرًا.
Relations between the two countries became more tense.
غَدا وَاضِحًا أَنَّ الأَزْمَةَ الاقْتِصادِيَّةَ سَتُؤَثِّرُ عَلى الجَميعِ.
It became clear that the economic crisis would affect everyone.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَغْدو | غَدَوْتُ | سَأَغْدو |
| 2sg | تَغْدو | غَدَوْتَ | سَتَغْدو |
| 3sg | يَغْدو | غَدا | سَيَغْدو |
| 1pl | نَغْدو | غَدَوْنا | سَنَغْدو |
| 2pl | تَغْدونَ | غَدَوْتُم | سَتَغْدونَ |
| 3pl | يَغْدونَ | غَدَوْا | سَيَغْدونَ |
Word family
Etymology
غَدا comes from the Semitic root غ-د-و, tied to the idea of going out at first light. In early Arabic it simply meant to set off in the morning, the counterpart of راح, which meant to go in the evening. Over time grammarians folded it into the small set of verbs known as the sisters of كان, where it lost its literal time sense and came to mean simply became. Modern formal Arabic still uses it this way, especially in news and literary writing.
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