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تَبْدَأُ begins in Arabic

تَبْدَأُ is how you say “begins” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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.

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More example sentences

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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