Arabic vocabulary
بَدَايَةٌbeginning
How to say “beginning” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وهكذا يصبح الصمتُ بدايةَ البلاغة، لا نقيضَها؛
Thus, silence becomes the beginning of eloquence, not its opposite;
بَدَايَةَ — the beginning of. 'the beginning / start,' in the -a form because 'becomes' forces its predicate there. It heads an 'of' pair with 'eloquence': silence becomes the START of eloquent speech, not its opposite.
From: On Silence →
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