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مُعْتاد
usual /muʕˈtaːd/
adjectiveB1#1558 most common
Also: customary, habitual, accustomed
Example sentences
هٰذا هو الطريق المُعْتاد.
This is the usual road.
وصلت في الوقت المُعْتاد.
I arrived at the usual time.
قُمنا بعملنا المُعْتاد في الصباح.
We did our usual work in the morning.
كانت ردّة فعله غير مُعْتادة هٰذه المرّة.
His reaction was unusual this time.
خلافًا للمُعْتاد، تأخّر القطار أكثر من ساعة.
Contrary to the usual, the train was delayed more than an hour.
تعامل مع الأزمة بهدوئه المُعْتاد الذي يُطمئن من حوله.
He dealt with the crisis with his usual calm, which reassures those around him.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُعْتادٌ | مُعْتادونَ |
| Genitive | مُعْتادٍ | مُعْتادينَ |
| Accusative | مُعْتاداً | مُعْتادينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُعْتادُ | يا مُعْتادونَ |
Word family
عادةhabit, custom
اعتادto grow accustomed
تعويدhabituation, training
اعتياديordinary, routine
عادto returnEtymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ع-و-د (ʕ-w-d), which carries the sense of returning and repeating. A habit is something one returns to, so the same root yields عادة (habit) and the verb اعتاد (to grow accustomed). مُعْتاد is the passive participle of that verb, naming what has become a matter of repeated return.
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