ابتداء

Arabic

Root
ب د ء (b d ʔ)
8 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِبْتَدَأَ (ibtadaʔa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ib.ti.daːʔ/
  • Rhymes: -aːʔ

Noun

اِبْتِدَاء • (ibtidāʔm

  1. verbal noun of اِبْتَدَأَ (ibtadaʔa) (form VIII)
  2. beginning
  3. (grammar) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    Synonym: اِسْتِئْنَاف (istiʔnāf)
    وَاوُ ٱلٱِبْتِدَاءِ
    wāwu l-ibtidāʔi
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of noun اِبْتِدَاء (ibtidāʔ)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal اِبْتِدَاء
ibtidāʔ
الِابْتِدَاء
al-ibtidāʔ
اِبْتِدَاء
ibtidāʔ
nominative اِبْتِدَاءٌ
ibtidāʔun
الِابْتِدَاءُ
al-ibtidāʔu
اِبْتِدَاءُ
ibtidāʔu
accusative اِبْتِدَاءً
ibtidāʔan
الِابْتِدَاءَ
al-ibtidāʔa
اِبْتِدَاءَ
ibtidāʔa
genitive اِبْتِدَاءٍ
ibtidāʔin
الِابْتِدَاءِ
al-ibtidāʔi
اِبْتِدَاءِ
ibtidāʔi

Descendants

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِبْتِدَاء (ibtidāʔ).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪb.t̪ʰɪ.d̪ɑ́ːʔ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪb.t̪ʰɪ.d̪ɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔib.t̪ʰi.d̪ɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? ibtidā'
Dari reading? ibtidā'
Iranian reading? ebtedâ'
Tajik reading? ibtido'

Noun

Dari ابتداء
Iranian Persian
Tajik ибтидо

ابتداء • (ebtedâ') (plural ابتداها)

  1. beginning
    Synonym: آغاز (âġâz)
    Antonym: انتهاء (entehâ)

Inflection

Basic forms of ابتداء
singular plural
bare ابتداء (ebtedấ) ابتداءها (ebtedâ-hấ)
definitive direct object ابتداء را، ابتداء رو (ebtedấ râ, ebtedấ ro) ابتداءها را، ابتداءها رو (ebtedâ-hấ râ, ebtedâ-hấ ro)
ezâfe ابتداءی (ebtedấ-ye) ابتداءهای (ebtedâ-hấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
ابتداءیی (ebtedấ-i) ابتداءهایی (ebtedâ-hấ-i)

Colloquial.

Possessive forms of ابتداء
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)
ابتداءیم، ابتداءم (ebtedấyam, ebtedấm) ابتداءهایم، ابتداءهام (ebtedâ-hấyam, ebtedâ-hấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)
ابتداءیت، ابتداءت (ebtedấyat, ebtedất) ابتداءهایت، ابتداءهات (ebtedâ-hấyat, ebtedâ-hất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)
ابتداءیش، ابتداءش (ebtedấyaš, ebtedấš) ابتداءهایش، ابتداءهاش (ebtedâ-hấyaš, ebtedâ-hấš)
1st person plural
(“our”)
ابتداءیمان، ابتداءمون (ebtedấyemân, ebtedấmun) ابتداءهایمان، ابتداءهامون (ebtedâ-hấyemân, ebtedâ-hấmun)
2nd person plural
(“your”)
ابتداءیتان، ابتداءتون (ebtedấyetân, ebtedấtun) ابتداءهایتان، ابتداءهاتون (ebtedâ-hấyetân, ebtedâ-hấtun)
3rd person plural
(“their”)
ابتداءیشان، ابتداءشون (ebtedấyešân, ebtedấšun) ابتداءهایشان، ابتداءهاشون (ebtedâ-hấyešân, ebtedâ-hấšun)

Colloquial.

Derived terms

  • ابتدا کردن (ebtedâ kardan)
  • ابتداءً (ebtedâ'an, in the beginning)

Adverb

ابتداء • (ebtedâ')

  1. firstly, first

Further reading