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بدء

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of beginning, starting, initiating, or originating something. It also extends to the initial stages or parts of something, and in a specific derived form, refers to a type of fungus.

Derived headwords

بَدَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to begin, to startboth

    To commence an action or process; to initiate something.

بَدْءnoun
  1. 1.
    beginning, startboth

    The commencement or initial point of something.

بِدَايَةnoun
  1. 1.
    beginning, startboth

    The point in time or space at which something begins.

بَدِئَverb
  1. 1.
    to be initiated, to be startedclassical

    To undergo the process of beginning or being started.

بَدْأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fungus, truffleclassical

    A black, truffle-like fungus that is not considered useful.

Parallel reading

والبدأة: هنة سوداء كأنها كمء ولا ينتفع بها، حكاه أبو حنيفة.
And the bad'ah: a black thing like a truffle, from which no benefit is derived, as narrated by Abu Hanifa.