بداية

Arabic

Root
ب د ء (b d ʔ)
8 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of بَدَأَ (badaʔa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.daː.ja/

• Audio:

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Noun

بِدَايَة • (bidāya) f (plural بِدَايَات (bidāyāt))

1. beginning, start
2. commencement, onset, inception
3. dawn

Declension

Declension of noun بِدَايَة (bidāya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِدَايَة bidāya	الْبِدَايَة al-bidāya	بِدَايَة bidāyat
Nominative	بِدَايَةٌ bidāyatun	الْبِدَايَةُ al-bidāyatu	بِدَايَةُ bidāyatu
Accusative	بِدَايَةً bidāyatan	الْبِدَايَةَ al-bidāyata	بِدَايَةَ bidāyata
Genitive	بِدَايَةٍ bidāyatin	الْبِدَايَةِ al-bidāyati	بِدَايَةِ bidāyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِدَايَتَيْن bidāyatayn	الْبِدَايَتَيْن al-bidāyatayn	بِدَايَتَيْ bidāyatay
Nominative	بِدَايَتَانِ bidāyatāni	الْبِدَايَتَانِ al-bidāyatāni	بِدَايَتَا bidāyatā
Accusative	بِدَايَتَيْنِ bidāyatayni	الْبِدَايَتَيْنِ al-bidāyatayni	بِدَايَتَيْ bidāyatay
Genitive	بِدَايَتَيْنِ bidāyatayni	الْبِدَايَتَيْنِ al-bidāyatayni	بِدَايَتَيْ bidāyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِدَايَات bidāyāt	الْبِدَايَات al-bidāyāt	بِدَايَات bidāyāt
Nominative	بِدَايَاتٌ bidāyātun	الْبِدَايَاتُ al-bidāyātu	بِدَايَاتُ bidāyātu
Accusative	بِدَايَاتٍ bidāyātin	الْبِدَايَاتِ al-bidāyāti	بِدَايَاتِ bidāyāti
Genitive	بِدَايَاتٍ bidāyātin	الْبِدَايَاتِ al-bidāyāti	بِدَايَاتِ bidāyāti

Synonyms

• بَدَاءَة (badāʔa)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: bidayət
• → Ottoman Turkish: بدایت (bidâyet)
  • Turkish: bidayet

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب د ي
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic بِدَايَة (bidāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.daː.je/, [biˈdæː.je]
• IPA^(key): /bi.daː.ja/, [biˈdæː.ja]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Noun

بداية • (bidāye) f

1. beginning

   Synonym: أوّل (ʔawwal)

   Antonyms: آخر (ʔāḵer), نهاية (nihāye)