Arabic

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Root
ب د د (b-d-d)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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اِسْتَبَدَّ (istabadda) X, non-past يَسْتَبِدُّ‎ (yastabiddu)

  1. to dominate, to overpower, to overwhelm
    ...وَٱسْتَبَدَّ بِهَا الرُّعْبُ
    ...wastabadda bihā r-ruʕbu
    ...and she was possessed by terror

Conjugation

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN