See also: بدأ

Arabic edit

Root
ب د و (b-d-w)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ba.daː/
  • (file)

Verb edit

بَدَا (badā) I, non-past يَبْدُو‎ (yabdū)

  1. to appear
    Synonym: ظَهَرَ (ẓahara)
    Antonyms: خَفَى (ḵafā), غَابَ (ḡāba)
  2. to become evident, clear

Conjugation edit

References edit

Moroccan Arabic edit

Root
ب د ي
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

بدا (bdā) I (non-past يبدا (yibda))

  1. to begin, to start

Conjugation edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ب د ي
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ba.da/, [ˈba.da]
  • (file)

Verb edit

بدا (bada) I (present ببدا (bibda))

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to begin, to start
    Synonym: بلّش (ballaš)
    Antonym: خلّص (ḵallaṣ)
    ايمتى بدّه يبدا الاجتماع؟
    emta biddo yibda l-ijtimāʕ?
    When is the meeting going to start?
    بدا قتال بين شباب المدرستين.
    bada ʔtāl bēn šabāb il-madrastēn.
    A fight broke out between the guys from the two schools.
    (literally, “A fight started between the guys of the two schools.”)
    اليوم بديت شغلي الساعة تمانية بالزبط.
    il-yōm badēt šuḡli s-sāʕa tamānye biẓ-ẓabṭ.
    Today I started work at eight o'clock.
    بدا علاقة مع بنت عشر سنين ازغر منه.
    bada ʕalāqa maʕ bint ʕašr snīn azḡar minno.
    He got into a relationship with a girl ten years younger than him.
    (literally, “He started a relationship with a girl ten years younger than him.”)

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of بدا (bada)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بديت (badēt) بديت (badēt) بدا (bada) بدينا (badēna) بديتو (badētu) بدو (badu)
f بديتي (badēti) بدت (badat)
present m ببدا (babda) بتبدا (btibda) بيبدا (bibda) منبدا (mnibda) بتبدو (btibdu) ببدو (bibdu)
f بتبدا (btibda) بتبدا (btibda)
subjunctive m ابدا (abda) تبدا (tibda) يبدا (yibda) نبدا (nibda) تبدو (tibdu) يبدو (yibdu)
f تبدا (tibda) تبدا (tibda)
imperative m ابدا (ibda) ابدو (ibdu)
f ابدي (ibdi)