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Arabic
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Adverb
1.3.1
Synonyms
1.3.2
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Arabic
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Root
ع ب ث
(
ʕ b ṯ
)
3 terms
Etymology
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Adverbial accusative
of
عَبَث
(
ʕabaṯ
,
“
vain
”
)
.
Pronunciation
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IPA
(
key
)
:
/ʕa.ba.θan/
Adverb
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عَبَثًا
•
(
ʕabaṯan
)
for no
purpose
,
in play
,
uselessly
,
for nothing
,
futilely
609–632
CE
,
Qur'an
,
23:115
:
أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنٰكُمْ
عَبَثًا
وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ
ʔafaḥasibtum ʔannamā ḵalaqnākum
ʕabaṯan
wa-ʔannakum ʔilaynā lā turjaʕūna
Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?
Synonyms
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بَاطِلًا
(
bāṭilan
)
Descendants
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Ottoman Turkish:
عبثا
(
abesan
)
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