Arabic vocabulary

تَبْدَأُbegins in Arabic

تَبْدَأُ is how you say “begins” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.

Example sentences

قال الفراء تبدى بالمطر ثم ترجع به في كل عام
Al-Fara' said it begins with rain, then it returns with it every year.
تَبْدَأُ — it begins. This is a present-tense verb 'it begins', and its shape marks a third-person feminine subject, agreeing with the feminine noun 'rain' it refers to. The feminine marking is how the reader knows the unstated subject is the rain, not something masculine.
From: Oaths That Seal the Truth →
وكذلك قال ابن عباس ﵄ تبدى بالمطر ثم ترجع به في كل عام
Likewise, Ibn Abbas said it begins with rain and then returns with it every year.
تَبْدَأُ — it begins. This is a present-tense verb 'it begins', marked feminine to agree with the feminine noun 'rain' it refers to. The feminine shape carries the subject inside, so no separate 'it' is written; agreement is what identifies the subject.
From: Oaths That Seal the Truth →

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