ب د و

ب د و

Arabic

Root

ب د و • (b-d-w)

1. related to appearing
2. related to becoming evident
3. related to seeming good
4. related to Bedouin

Derived terms

• Form I: بَدَا‎ (badā, “to appear, show; become evident, clear, plain, manifest; come to light; be obvious; seem good, acceptable, proper”)
  • Verbal noun: بُدُوّ‎ (buduww)
  • Active participle: بَادٍ‎ (bādin)
  • Passive participle: مَبْدُوّ‎ (mabduww)
• Form III: بَادَى‎ (bādā, “to show, evince, display, manifest, reveal, declare openly; demonstrate bring out, bring to light, make visible; express, utter, voice”)
  • Verbal noun: مُبَادَاة‎ (mubādāh), بِدَاء‎ (bidāʾ)
  • Active participle: مُبَادٍ‎ (mubādin)
  • Passive participle: مُبَادًى‎ (mubādan)
• Form V: تَبَدَّى‎ (tabaddā, “to appear, show; become evident, clear, plain, manifest; come to light; be obvious; seem good, acceptable, proper”)
  • Verbal noun: تَبَدٍّ‎ (tabaddin)
  • Active participle: مُتَبَدٍّ‎ (mutabaddin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَبَدًّى‎ (mutabaddan)
• Form VI: تَبَادَى‎ (tabādā, “to pose as a Bedouin”)
  • Verbal noun: تَبَادٍ‎ (tabādin)
  • Active participle: مُتَبَادٍ‎ (mutabādin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَبَادًى‎ (mutabādan)

• بَدْو‎ (badw, “desert, nomads, Bedouins”)
• بَدَوِي‎ (badawī, “Bedouin, nomadic; rural (as opposed to urban); a Bedouin”)
• بَدَوِية‎ (badawiya, “Bedouin woman, Bedouin girl”); pl. بَدَوِيَات‎ (badawiyāt)
• بَدَاة‎ (badāh, “whim, caprice; ill humour”); pl. بَدَوَات‎ (badawāt)
• بَدَاوة‎ (badāwa, “desert life, Bedouin life; Bedouinism, nomadism”)
• بِدَاوة‎ (bidāwa, “desert life, Bedouin life; Bedouinism, nomadism”)
• بَيْداء‎ (baydāʾ, “desert, steppe, wilderness, wild”)
• اِبْداء‎ (ibdāʾ, “expression, manifestation, declaration”)
• ابَادٍ‎ (“apparent, evident, obvious, plain, visible; inhabiting the desert”); pl. بُدَاة‎ (budāh)
• بَادِية‎ (bādiya, “desert, semidesert, steppe; peasantry”); pl. بَوَادٍ‎ (bawādin, “nomads, Bedouins”)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “ب د و”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 171
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ب د و”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN