بدء

مَبْدَأٌ ذ [originally noun of place and of time from 1; A place, and a time, of beginning, &c. ― -b2- ] See بَدْأَةٌ. ― -b3- [Also A principle, or first rule, of a science &c.: pl. مَبَادِئُ. ― -b4- And The primary import of a word; opposed in this sense to غَايَةٌ.]