beginning
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Highlights
Present tense
يَبْدَأُ
Verbal nouns
Active participle
بَادِئ
Passive participle
مَبْدُوء
Most common words from the same root
Noun
مَبْدَأ
beginning
Adjective
مُبْتَدِئ
beginner
Verb · Form VIII
اِبْتَدَأَ
to begin
Adjective
اِبْتِدَائِيّ
initial
Noun
مُبْتَدَأ
a commencement
بَدَأَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to begin
Word origin
Cognate with Biblical Hebrew בדא (badā, “to invent”).
Words from the root ب-د-ء
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بَدَأَ
· present يَبْدَأُ
Form I · The plain action
to begin
مَبْدَأ
beginning
بَدْء
بَدْأَة
بُدَاءَة
بَدَاءَة
بَادِئ
مَبْدُوء
اِبْتَدَأَ
· present يَبْتَدِئُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to begin, to commence
اِبْتِدَاء
beginning
مُبْتَدِئ
beginner
مُبْتَدَأ
a commencement
اِبْتِدَائِيّ
initial
مَبْدَئِيًّا
in principle
بَدَأَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | بَدَأْتُ | أَبْدَأُ | أَبْدَأَ | أَبْدَأْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | بَدَأْتَ | تَبْدَأُ | تَبْدَأَ | تَبْدَأْ | اِبْدَأْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | بَدَأْتِ | تَبْدَئِينَ | تَبْدَئِي | تَبْدَئِي | اِبْدَئِي |
| هُوَ he | بَدَأَ | يَبْدَأُ | يَبْدَأَ | يَبْدَأْ | — |
| هِيَ she | بَدَأَتْ | تَبْدَأُ | تَبْدَأَ | تَبْدَأْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | بَدَأْتُمَا | تَبْدَآنِ | تَبْدَآ | تَبْدَآ | اِبْدَآ |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | بَدَآ | يَبْدَآنِ | يَبْدَآ | يَبْدَآ | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | بَدَأَتَا | تَبْدَآنِ | تَبْدَآ | تَبْدَآ | — |
| نَحْنُ we | بَدَأْنَا | نَبْدَأُ | نَبْدَأَ | نَبْدَأْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | بَدَأْتُمْ | تَبْدَؤُونَ | تَبْدَؤُوا | تَبْدَؤُوا | اِبْدَؤُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | بَدَأْتُنَّ | تَبْدَأْنَ | تَبْدَأْنَ | تَبْدَأْنَ | اِبْدَأْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | بَدَؤُوا | يَبْدَؤُونَ | يَبْدَؤُوا | يَبْدَؤُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | بَدَأْنَ | يَبْدَأْنَ | يَبْدَأْنَ | يَبْدَأْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | بَدْء، بَدْأَة، بِدَايَة، مَبْدَأ، بُدَاءَة، بَدَاءَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | بَادِئ |
| Passive participle | مَبْدُوء |
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