إذ

See also: أد, آد, and اد

Arabic

Etymology

Clipping of إِذَا (ʔiḏā) used to underscore a particular point in time, perhaps analogical to the relations of other conjunctions like إِمَّا (ʔimmā) and إِن (ʔin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔið/

Conjunction

إِذْ • (ʔiḏ)

1. and then
2. as, when
3. since, because
   • 13th century, Ibn Malik, Alfiyyah:

     وَعَوْدُ خَافِضٍ لَدَى عَطْفٍ عَلَى / ضَمِيرِ خَفْضٍ لَازِمًا قَدْ جُعِلَا / وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي لَازِمًا إِذْ قَدْ أَتَى / فِي ٱلنَّظْمِ وَٱلنَّثْرِ الصَّحِيحِ مُثْبَتَا

     waʕawdu ḵāfiḍin ladā ʕaṭfin ʕalā / ḍamīri ḵafḍin lāziman qad juʕilā / walaysa ʕindī lāziman ʔiḏ qad ʔatā / fī n-naẓmi wan-naṯri ṣ-ṣaḥīḥi muṯbatā

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References

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

Further reading

• إذ on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar