أبدي

See also: ابدي, ابدی, and أثدي

Arabic

Root
ء ب د (ʔ-b-d)

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of أَبَد (ʔabad) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy), from the root ء ب د (ʔ-b-d).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.ba.dijj/

Adjective

أَبَدِيّ • (ʔabadiyy) (feminine أَبَدِيَّة (ʔabadiyya), masculine plural أَبَدِيُّونَ (ʔabadiyyūna), feminine plural أَبَدِيَّات (ʔabadiyyāt))

1. eternal, everlasting, endless

Declension

Declension of adjective أَبَدِيّ (ʔabadiyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَبَدِي ʔabadī	الْأَبَدِي al-ʔabadī	أَبَدِيَّة ʔabadiyya	الْأَبَدِيَّة al-ʔabadiyya
Nominative	أَبَدِيٌّ ʔabadiyyun	الْأَبَدِيُّ al-ʔabadiyyu	أَبَدِيَّةٌ ʔabadiyyatun	الْأَبَدِيَّةُ al-ʔabadiyyatu
Accusative	أَبَدِيًّا ʔabadiyyan	الْأَبَدِيَّ al-ʔabadiyya	أَبَدِيَّةً ʔabadiyyatan	الْأَبَدِيَّةَ al-ʔabadiyyata
Genitive	أَبَدِيٍّ ʔabadiyyin	الْأَبَدِيِّ al-ʔabadiyyi	أَبَدِيَّةٍ ʔabadiyyatin	الْأَبَدِيَّةِ al-ʔabadiyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَبَدِيَّيْن ʔabadiyyayn	الْأَبَدِيَّيْن al-ʔabadiyyayn	أَبَدِيَّتَيْن ʔabadiyyatayn	الْأَبَدِيَّتَيْن al-ʔabadiyyatayn
Nominative	أَبَدِيَّانِ ʔabadiyyāni	الْأَبَدِيَّانِ al-ʔabadiyyāni	أَبَدِيَّتَانِ ʔabadiyyatāni	الْأَبَدِيَّتَانِ al-ʔabadiyyatāni
Accusative	أَبَدِيَّيْنِ ʔabadiyyayni	الْأَبَدِيَّيْنِ al-ʔabadiyyayni	أَبَدِيَّتَيْنِ ʔabadiyyatayni	الْأَبَدِيَّتَيْنِ al-ʔabadiyyatayni
Genitive	أَبَدِيَّيْنِ ʔabadiyyayni	الْأَبَدِيَّيْنِ al-ʔabadiyyayni	أَبَدِيَّتَيْنِ ʔabadiyyatayni	الْأَبَدِيَّتَيْنِ al-ʔabadiyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَبَدِيِّين ʔabadiyyīn	الْأَبَدِيِّين al-ʔabadiyyīn	أَبَدِيَّات ʔabadiyyāt	الْأَبَدِيَّات al-ʔabadiyyāt
Nominative	أَبَدِيُّونَ ʔabadiyyūna	الْأَبَدِيُّونَ al-ʔabadiyyūna	أَبَدِيَّاتٌ ʔabadiyyātun	الْأَبَدِيَّاتُ al-ʔabadiyyātu
Accusative	أَبَدِيِّينَ ʔabadiyyīna	الْأَبَدِيِّينَ al-ʔabadiyyīna	أَبَدِيَّاتٍ ʔabadiyyātin	الْأَبَدِيَّاتِ al-ʔabadiyyāti
Genitive	أَبَدِيِّينَ ʔabadiyyīna	الْأَبَدِيِّينَ al-ʔabadiyyīna	أَبَدِيَّاتٍ ʔabadiyyātin	الْأَبَدِيَّاتِ al-ʔabadiyyāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: əbədi
• → Ottoman Turkish: ابدی (ebedî)
  • Turkish: ebedî
• → Persian: ابدی (abadi)
  • → Malay: abadi
    • Indonesian: abadi
    • → Maguindanao: abadi
  • → Northern Kurdish: ebedî (abdi)
  • → Pashto: ابدی (abadí)
  • → Urdu: ابدی (abdi)
• → Turkmen: ebedi
• → Uyghur: ئەبەدىي (ebediy)
• → Uzbek: abadiy

References

• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “أبدي”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “أبدي”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “أبدي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔab.bi.diː/

Verb

أَبِّدِي • (ʔabbidī) (form II)

1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of أَبَّدَ (ʔabbada)