أبدا

See also: أبدأ‎ and ابدأ‎

Arabic

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of أَبَد‎ (ʾabad, “eternity”), related to the verb أَبَدَ‎ (ʾabada, “to stay, to linger”), from the root ء ب د‎ (ʾ-b-d).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔa.ba.dan/
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Adverb

أَبَدًا • (ʾabadan)

  1. always, forever
    Synonyms: دَائِمًا‎ (dāʾiman), بِٱسْتِمْرَار‎ (bistimrār), دَوْمًا‎ (dawman), مَدَى الْحَيَاة‎ (madā l-ḥayāh), مَدَى الدَّهْرِ‎ (madā d-dahri)
    • 2000, Spacetoon (lyrics and music), “Bon-Bon planet song”‎:
      ‏نَتَعَلَّمُ دُرُوسًا عًَظِيمَة ذِكْرَاهَا أَبَدًا تَدُوم‎
      nataʿallamu durūsan ʿanaẓīma(t) ḏikrāhā ʾabadan tadūm
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. (with a negative) never
  3. (in the future), not at all, on no account

Interjection

أَبَدًا • (ʾabadan)

  1. never!, not at all!, by no means!
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