ءبد

Root entry · 32 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of eternity, perpetuity, and endless time. It also extends to meanings of permanence, dwelling, and wildness, particularly in relation to animals and desolate places.

Derived headwords

الأَبَدnoun

1.
eternityboth
Endless time, perpetuity, forever.
2.
timeclassical
A long duration of time, a period.

أرأيت متعتنا هذه ألعامنا أم للأبد؟ — Do you see our enjoyment of this for our year or for eternity?

بل هي للأبد — Rather, it is for eternity.

آبَادnoun

1.
eternitiesclassical
Plural of 'abad', referring to extended periods of time.

أَبُودnoun

1.
eternitiesclassical
Plural of 'abad', referring to extended periods of time.

أَبَدٌ أَبِيدphrase

1.
eternity of eternitiesclassical
An emphatic expression for endless time.

وأبد أبيد — and eternity of eternities.

أَبَدُ الأَبِيدphrase

1.
eternity of eternitiesclassical
An emphatic expression for endless time.

وأبد الآباد — and eternity of eternities.

أَبَدُ الآبَادphrase

1.
eternity of eternitiesclassical
An emphatic expression for endless time.

وأبد الآباد — and eternity of eternities.

أَبَدُ الدَّهْرphrase

1.
eternity of timeclassical
An expression for perpetual duration.

وأبد الدهر — and eternity of time.

أَبِيدُ الأَبِيدphrase

1.
eternity of eternitiesclassical
An emphatic expression for endless time.

وأبيد الأبيد — and eternity of eternities.

أَبَدُ الأَبَدِيَّةphrase

1.
eternity of eternityclassical
An emphatic expression for endless time.

وأبد الأبدية — and eternity of eternity.

أَبَدُ الأَبَدِينphrase

1.
eternity of the eternalclassical
An emphatic expression for endless time, though its grammatical form is noted as unusual.

وأبد الأبدين — and eternity of the eternal.

التَّأْبِيدnoun

1.
perpetuationboth
Making something last forever; eternalizing.
2.
making permanentclassical
The act of rendering something permanent or everlasting.

والتأبيد: التخليد — And ta'bid: making immortal.

أَبَدَ بالمكان يَأْبِدُverb

1.
to dwellboth
To reside in a place and not leave it.

وأبد بالمكان يأبد، بالكسر، أبودا: أقام به ولم يبرحه — And he stayed in a place, ya'bidu, with a kasra, abudan: he resided there and did not leave it.

أَبَدَتْ به آبِدٌverb

1.
to dwellclassical
To reside in a place and not leave it.

وأبدت به آبد أبودا؛ كذلك — And a permanent resident stayed in it, abudā; likewise.

تَأَبَّدَتْ البهيمةُverb

1.
to become wildboth
An animal becoming wild or feral.

وأبدت البهيمة تأبد وتأبد أي توحشت — And the animal became wild, ta'abbadu and ta'abbadu, meaning it became wild.

تَأَبَّدَتِ الوحشُverb

1.
to become wildboth
Wild animals becoming more wild or reclusive.

وأبدت الوحش تأبد وتأبد أبودا وتأبدت تأبدا: توحشت — And wild animals became wild, ta'abbadu and ta'abbadu, abudan, and ta'abbadat, ta'abbudan: they became wild.

التَّأَبُّدnoun

1.
wildnessboth
The state of being wild or feral, especially for animals.

والتأبد: التوحش — And ta'abbud: becoming wild.

أَبَدَ الرجلُverb

1.
to become wildclassical
A person becoming reclusive or wild.

وأبد الرجل، بالكسر: توحش، فهو أبد — And the man became wild, with a kasra: he became wild, so he is 'abad.

أَبَدٌadjective

1.
wildclassical
Describing a person who has become wild or reclusive.

فافْتِنَ، بَعْدَ تَمَامِ الظَّمْءِ، نَاجِيَةً، ... مِثْلَ الهِرَاوَةِ ثَنِيًّا، بِكْرَهَا أَبَدٌ — So she was tested, after the complete thirst, a survivor, ... like a staff bent, her firstborn is wild.

الأَوَابِدnoun

1.
wild animalsboth
Wild animals, especially those that are reclusive or difficult to approach.
2.
strange thingsboth
Unusual or remarkable occurrences or matters.

يغذو أوابد قد أفلين أمهارا — feeding on wild animals that had weaned their young.

الأَبَدnoun

1.
wild animalsclassical
Wild animals, particularly those that are reclusive.

آبِدٌnoun

1.
wild animal (male)classical
A male wild animal.

آبِدَةnoun

1.
wild animal (female)classical
A female wild animal.
2.
calamityboth
A grave misfortune or disaster that endures.
3.
strange word/deedclassical
An unusual or peculiar word or action.

وجاء بآبدة — and he brought a calamity.

تَأَبَّدَتِ الدارُverb

1.
to become desolateboth
A dwelling becoming empty of people and inhabited by wild animals.

تأبدت غولها فرجامها — its ghouls and its inhabitants have become wild.

أَتَانٌ أَبَدٌnoun

1.
wild female donkeyclassical
A female donkey that is wild.

وأتان أبد: وحشية — And an 'abad female donkey: a wild one.

الإِبِدnoun

1.
prolific female animalboth
A female animal (like a she-camel or she-donkey) that gives birth every year.
2.
livestockclassical
Female livestock that are highly productive.

والإبد: الجوارح من المال، وهي الأمة والفرس الأنثى والأتان ينتجن في كل عام — And al-ibidu: the productive female livestock, which are the she-camel, the mare, and the she-donkey that give birth every year.

أَبَدٌnoun

1.
prolific female animalclassical
A female animal that gives birth every year.

والأبد الأتان تلد كل عام — And 'abad is the she-donkey that gives birth every year.

أَبَدَةnoun

1.
prolific female animalclassical
A female animal that gives birth every year.

وناقة أبدة إذا كانت ولودا — And an 'abidah she-camel if she is very prolific.

مُؤَبَّدadjective

1.
perpetualboth
Lasting forever, eternal.

وقف فلان أرضه وقفا مؤبدا — So-and-so made his land a perpetual endowment.

أَبَدَ عليهverb

1.
to be angry withclassical
To be angry or displeased with someone.

وأبد عليه أبدا: غضب — And he became angry with him, abada: he was angry.

أَبِيدَةnoun

1.
place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

فما أبيدة من أرض فأسكنها — So what is Abidah of land that I might inhabit it.

مَأْبَدnoun

1.
place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

الأَبِيدnoun

1.
plantclassical
A type of plant resembling barley, with a seed head, used to fatten livestock.

والأبيد: نبات مثل زرع الشعير سواء وله سنبلة كسنبلة الدخنة فيها حب صغير أصغر من الخردل وهي مسمنة للمال جدا — And al-abidu: a plant exactly like barley cultivation, with a seed head like that of millet, containing small seeds smaller than mustard seeds, and it is very fattening for livestock.

Parallel reading

الأبد: الدهر، والجمع آباد وأبود

Al-abad: time, and the plurals are abād and abūd.

وفي حديث الحج قال سراقة بن مالك: أرأيت متعتنا هذه ألعامنا أم للأبد؟ فقال: بل هي للأبد

And in the Hajj narration, Surāqah ibn Mālik said: 'Do you see our enjoyment of this for our year or for eternity?' He replied: 'Rather, it is for eternity.'

بل لأبد أبد

Rather, for eternity of eternities.

بل لأبد الأبد أي هي لآخر الدهر

Rather, for eternity of eternity, meaning it is for the end of time.

وأبد أبيد: كقولهم دهر دهير

And abad abīd: like their saying dahr dahīr.

ولا أفعل ذلك أبد الأبيد وأبد الآباد وأبد الدهر وأبيد الأبيد وأبد الأبدية

And I will not do that for eternity of eternities, and eternity of eternities, and eternity of time, and eternity of eternities, and eternity of eternity.

وأبد بالمكان يأبد، بالكسر، أبودا: أقام به ولم يبرحه

And he stayed in a place, ya'bidu, with a kasra, abudan: he resided there and did not leave it.

وأبدت البهيمة تأبد وتأبد أي توحشت

And the animal became wild, ta'abbadu and ta'abbadu, meaning it became wild.

والتأبد: التوحش

And ta'abbud: becoming wild.

فهو أبد أي ولدها الأول قد توحش معها

So he is 'abad, meaning her firstborn has become wild with her.

والأوابد والأبد: الوحش

And al-awābid and al-abad: wild animals.

ومن كل آبدة اثنتين

And from every wild animal, two.

ومننه قيل للدار إذا خلا منها أهلها وخلفتهم الوحش بها؛ قد تأبدت

And from this, it is said of a dwelling when its inhabitants leave it and wild animals inhabit it; it has become desolate.

وفي حديث أم زرع: فأراح علي من كل سائمة زوجين، ومن كل آبدة اثنتين

And in the narration of Umm Zar'ah: 'So he brought me pairs from every grazing animal, and two from every wild animal.'

وجاء بآبدة أي بأمر عظيم ينفر منه ويستوحش

And he brought a calamity, meaning a great matter that one shies away from and finds frightening.

تأبدت الدار: خلت من أهلها وصار فيها الوحش ترعاه

The dwelling became desolate: it emptied of its people and wild animals came to graze in it.

والآبدة: الداهية تبقى على الأبد

And al-ābidah: the calamity that remains forever.

ويقال للشوارد من القوافي أوابد

And stray verses of poetry are called awābid.

ويقال للطير المقيمة بأرض شتاءها وصيفها: أوابد من أبد بالمكان يأبد فهو آبد، فإذا كانت تقطع في أوقاتها فهي قواطع، والأوابد ضد القواطع من الطير

And birds that stay in a land for their winter and summer are called awābid, from 'abad in a place, ya'bidu, so he is ābid. If they migrate at their times, they are qawāṭi'. And awābid are the opposite of qawāṭi' among birds.

وأتان أبد: في كل عام تلد

And an 'abad she-donkey: gives birth every year.

ابن شميل: الأبد الأتان تلد كل عام

Ibn Shumayl: Al-abad is the she-donkey that gives birth every year.

والإبد هاهنا: الأمة لأن كونها ولودا حرمان وليس بجد أي لا تزداد إلا شرا

And al-ibidu here: the she-camel, because her being prolific is a deprivation and not a blessing, meaning she only increases in misfortune.

ويقال: وقف فلان أرضه وقفا مؤبدا إذا جعلها حبيسا لا تباع ولا تورث

And it is said: So-and-so made his land a perpetual endowment if he made it a waqf that cannot be sold or inherited.

الدنيا أمد والآخرة أبد

This world is a duration, and the Hereafter is eternity.

وأبد عليه أبدا: غضب

And he became angry with him, abada: he was angry.

فما أبيدة من أرض فأسكنها، ... وإن تجاور فيها الماء والشجر

So what is Abidah of land that I might inhabit it, ... even if water and trees are adjacent to it.

والأبيد: نبات مثل زرع الشعير سواء وله سنبلة كسنبلة الدخنة فيها حب صغير أصغر من الخردل وهي مسمنة للمال جدا

And al-abīdu: a plant exactly like barley cultivation, with a seed head like that of millet, containing small seeds smaller than mustard seeds, and it is very fattening for livestock.