بدو

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of appearing, becoming visible, or emerging. It extends to the idea of the desert or open country, and by extension, to nomadic life and the people who live there.

Derived headwords

بَدَاverb

1.
to appearboth
To become visible, manifest, or evident. This is the primary meaning of the root.
2.
to seemboth
To give the impression of being something; to look like.

بدا الأمر — The matter appeared

يَبْدُوverb

1.
appearsboth
The present tense form of 'to appear' or 'to seem'.

يبدو الأمر — The matter appears

بَدْوnoun

1.
desertclassical
The open, uncultivated land, often associated with nomadic life.
2.
nomadsclassical
People who live a nomadic life, often in the desert.

بَدَاءnoun

1.
appearanceclassical
The act or fact of appearing or becoming visible.

بَدَاءَةnoun

1.
beginningclassical
The start or origin of something.

Parallel reading

بدا الأمر

The matter appeared

يبدو

appears

وعليه اقتصر الجوهري

And Al-Jawhari limited himself to this

وبدوا كقعود

and badaw like qū'ūd

وبدوا، هكذا في النسخ كقعود وفيه تكرار والصواب بدا كما في المحكم وعزاه إلى سيبويه

and badaw, as written in the manuscripts like qū'ūd, and there is repetition, and the correct reading is badā as in Al-Muḥkam, attributed to Sibawayh

أي ظهر

meaning, it became visible