بدء

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of beginning, starting, initiating, and originating. It extends to notions of precedence, being first, and the initial stage of something. It also encompasses related ideas like sudden appearance, spontaneous action, and the act of creating or bringing into existence.

Derived headwords

بَدَأَverb

1.
to begin, startboth
To commence an action or process; to be the first to do something.
2.
to act, doboth
To perform an action, often implying doing something for the first time or initiating it.
3.
to leave, departclassical
To leave one's land or place for another.
4.
to create, bring into existenceboth
To bring something into being, to originate it.

الله يبدؤا الخلق — Allah begins the creation

ابْتَدَأَverb

1.
to begin, startboth
To initiate or commence something, often used interchangeably with بدأ.
2.
to create, originateboth
To bring something into existence for the first time.

أَبْدَأَverb

1.
to begin, startboth
To initiate an action or process.
2.
to create, originateboth
To bring something into existence, to invent it.
3.
to leave, departclassical
To leave one place and go to another.

أبدأت من أرض إلى أخرى إذا خرجت منها — I departed from one land to another if I left it.

تَبَدَّأَverb

1.
to beginboth
To start or commence.

بَدْءnoun

1.
beginning, startboth
The commencement or initial point of something.
2.
originboth
The source or starting point of something.
3.
leader, chiefclassical
The first or foremost person in terms of status or leadership.
4.
young manclassical
A wise and well-regarded young man.
5.
portion, shareclassical
A portion or share, especially of a slaughtered animal.

افعله بدءا وأولا — Do it at the beginning and first.

بَدْأَةnoun

1.
beginning, startboth
The initial stage or commencement of something.
2.
portion, shareclassical
A portion or share, particularly of a slaughtered animal.
3.
plantclassical
A black plant resembling a truffle, not considered useful.

أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلمنفل في البدأة الربع — That the Prophet, may God bless him, granted a quarter in the initial stage of the expedition.

بَدَاءَةnoun

1.
beginning, startboth
The initial phase or commencement of an action or event.
2.
spontaneity, intuitionboth
Something that occurs suddenly or unexpectedly; an intuitive thought.

بَدَاهَةnoun

1.
spontaneity, intuitionboth
Something that comes to mind suddenly or naturally; an immediate thought.
2.
beginningclassical
The initial stage or commencement.

بِدَايَةnoun

1.
beginning, startmodern
The commencement or initial point of something.

بَدِيءnoun

1.
beginning, startclassical
The first or initial part.
2.
leader, chiefclassical
The first in rank or status.
3.
created beingclassical
Something that has been created or brought into existence.
4.
strange, wondrousclassical
Something unusual or remarkable.
5.
wellclassical
A well dug in Islamic times, distinct from ancient wells.

بَدِيئَةnoun

1.
spontaneity, intuitionboth
Something that comes to mind suddenly or unexpectedly; a quick thought.
2.
beginningclassical
The initial stage of an action.

فلان ذو بدأة جيدة، أي بديهة حسنة — So-and-so has a good 'bad'ah, meaning a good intuition.

بَدِيءَةnoun

1.
spontaneity, intuitionboth
Something that occurs suddenly or unexpectedly.

بَدَأَ بِهِverb

1.
to precede, to be firstboth
To be the first to do something or to introduce it.

بديت به: قدمته — I preceded it: I put it forward.

بَدِيَ بِهِverb

1.
to precede, to be firstclassical
To be the first to do something or to introduce it.

باسم الإلاه وبه بدينا ولو عبدنا غيره شقينا — In the name of God, and by Him we began, and if we had worshipped other than Him, we would have been wretched.

مُبْدِئparticiple

1.
originating, beginningboth
One who originates or begins something.
2.
creatorboth
The one who brings things into existence.

مُبْدَأparticiple

1.
begun, startedboth
Something that has been commenced or initiated.

مُبْتَدِئparticiple

1.
beginning, startingboth
One who is starting or initiating something.

افعله حالة كونك بادئا، أي مبتدئا — Do it while you are beginning, meaning initiating.

مُبْدَأَةnoun

1.
beginningclassical
The initial stage or commencement.

بَدَأَverb

1.
to be afflicted with smallpoxclassical
To contract a disease like smallpox or measles.

بدئ الرجل: جدر — The man was afflicted with smallpox: he contracted smallpox.

بَدِيءnoun

1.
wellclassical
A well dug in Islamic times, not an ancient one.

بَدَاءnoun

1.
name of a groupclassical
A proper name for a group of people.
2.
excrementclassical
A term referring to excrement.

بَدَأَتْنَاnoun

1.
our beginningclassical
Our initial state or condition.

مَبْدَأَنَاnoun

1.
our beginningclassical
Our initial state or condition.

مَبْدَأَتِنَاnoun

1.
our beginningclassical
Our initial state or condition.

بَادِئ الرَّأْيnoun phrase

1.
first impressionboth
The initial thought or impression of something, before deeper consideration.

فعلته في باديء الرأي — I did it at the first impression of the opinion.

البَدَّاءnoun

1.
excrementclassical
A term for excrement, derived from the root.

أَبْدَأَ الصَّبِيّverb phrase

1.
child's teeth emergedclassical
The emergence of a child's teeth after they have fallen out.

الابْتِدَاءnoun

1.
initial metrical alterationclassical
In prosody, a metrical alteration occurring at the beginning of a verse that does not appear in the middle.

Parallel reading

هما بمعنى واحد.

They are of the same meaning.

ابتدأ الشيء: فعله ابتداء أي قدمه في الفعل

To begin a thing: to do it initially, meaning to precede it in action.

بدأ من أرضه لأخرى: خرج.

He departed from his land to another: he left.

بدأ الله الخلق: خلقهم وأوجدهم

Allah began the creation: He created them and brought them into existence.

الله يبدؤا الخلق

Allah begins the creation.

أبدأت من أرض إلى أخرى إذا خرجت منها.

I departed from one land to another if I left it.

واسمه تعالى المبدىء.

And His name, may He be exalted, is Al-Mubdi' (The Originator).

هو الذي أنشأ الأشياء واخترعها ابتداء من غير سابق مثال.

He is the one who brought things into existence and invented them from the start without a prior example.

ويقال: لك البدء والبدأة والبداءة، الأخير بالمد، والثلاثة بالفتح، على الأصل

And it is said: you have 'al-bad', 'al-bad'ah', and 'al-badā'ah', the last with a long vowel, and the three with a fatha, according to the original.

البديئة: البديهة على البدل، كالبداءة والبداهة، وهو أول ما يفجؤك

Al-badi'ah: spontaneity, by substitution, like al-badā'ah and al-badāhah, and it is the first thing that surprises you.

وفلان ذو بدأة جيدة، أي بديهة حسنة، يورد الأشياء بسابق ذهنه.

And so-and-so has a good 'bad'ah', meaning a good intuition, he brings forth things with his prior thought.

والبدء والبديء: الأول

And 'al-bad' and 'al-badī' mean: the first.

افعله بدءا وأول بدء عن ثعلب

Do it at the beginning and the first beginning, according to Tha'lab.

رجع. يحتمل أن يكون متعديا فيكون عوده منصوبا على بدئه، وكذا عودا على بدء.

He returned. It is possible for it to be transitive, so its return is منصوب on its beginning, and likewise 'awdan 'ala bad'in.

وفي الحديث أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلمنفل في البدأة الربع، وفي الرجعة الثلث

And in the Hadith, that the Prophet, may God bless him, granted a quarter in the initial stage of the expedition, and a third in the return.

ليضربنصكم على الدين عودا كما ضربتموهم عليه بدءا

He will surely strike you with religion, returning as you struck them with it initially.

فلان ما يبدىء وما يعيد أي ما يتكلم ببادئه ولا عائدة

So-and-so neither initiates nor repeats, meaning he does not speak his beginning nor his return.

وما يبدىء الباطل وما يعيد

And what falsehood initiates and what it repeats.

والبدء: السيد الأول في السيادة

And 'al-bad' means: the first master in leadership.

البدء: الشاب العاقل المستجاد الرأي

'Al-bad': the wise young man of excellent opinion.

كالبدأة، هكذا بالهمز على الصواب، يقال: أهدى له بدأة الجزور، أي خير الأنصباء

Like 'al-bad'ah', thus with hamza correctly, it is said: he gifted him the 'bad'ah of the camel, meaning the best of the portions.

البديء كالبديع: المخلوق فعيل بمعنى مفعول

'Al-badī' like 'al-badī': the created, 'fa'īl' in the sense of 'maf'ūl'.

فلا بديء ولا عجيب

So there is neither the created nor the wondrous.

وقد أبدأ الرجل، إذا أتى به.

And the man brought forth something new, if he brought it.

والبديء: البئر الإسلامية، هي التي حفرت في الإسلام حديثة، ليست بعادية، وترك فيها الهمز في أكثر كلامهم

And 'al-badī': the Islamic well, it is one dug recently in Islam, not an ancient one, and the hamza is omitted in it in most of their speech.

بدئ الرجل، أي بالبناء للمجهول بدءا: جدر

The man was afflicted with 'bad'a', meaning in the passive voice 'bad'an': he contracted smallpox.

فإنما بدئت ظواهر جلده مما يصافح من لهيب سهامها

As if the surfaces of his skin were afflicted with what touches the flames of its arrows.

بدأ لرجل يبدأ بدءا: خرج به بثر شبه الجدري.

'Bad'a' occurred to a man, he contracts 'bad'an': a pustule resembling smallpox appeared on him.

وفي حديث عائشة رضي الله عنها: في اليوم الذي بدىء فيه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

And in the narration of Aisha, may God be pleased with her: on the day the Messenger of God, may God bless him, was afflicted.

بداء ككتان: اسم جماعة

'Badā', like 'kattān': a name of a group.

والبدأة بالضم: نبت

And 'al-bad'ah' with damma: a plant.

كان ذلك الأمر في بدأتنا، مثلثة الباء فتحا وضما وكسرا، مع القصر والمد

That matter occurred in our 'bad'atinā', with the 'bā' triply vowelized: fatha, damma, and kasra, with shortening and lengthening.

وفي بدأتنا محركة

And in our 'bad'atinā' with movement.

وفي مبدئنا بالضم ومبدئنا بالفتح ومبداتنا بالفتح من غير همزة

And in our 'mabda'inā' with damma, and our 'mabda'inā' with fatha, and our 'mabda'atinā' with fatha without hamza.

أي في أول حالنا ونشأتنا

Meaning in our initial state and upbringing.

بادئ الرأي: أوله وابتداؤه

The beginning of an opinion: its start and its initiation.

ما أدرك قبل إمعان النظر، يقال فعلته في بادئ الرأي.

What is perceived before deep consideration; it is said, 'I did it at the first impression of the opinion'.

أنت باديء الرأي ومبتدأه تريد ظلمنا، أي أنت في أول الرأي تريد ظلمنا.

You are at the beginning of the opinion and its start, intending to wrong us, meaning you are at the initial stage of the opinion intending to wrong us.

وأبدأ الرجل كناية عن النجو والاسم البداء، ممدود.

And 'abda'a al-rajul' is an idiom for defecation, and the noun is 'al-badā'', extended.

وأبدأ الصبي: خرجت أسنانه بعد سقوطها.

And 'abda'a al-ṣabī': his teeth emerged after they fell out.

الابتداء في العروض: اسم لكل جزء يعتل في أول البيت بعلة لا يكون في شيء من حشو البيت

Al-ibtida' in prosody: the name for every part that is metrically altered at the beginning of a verse with an alteration that does not occur in any part of the verse's body.