بُعْد distance in Arabic
بُعْد is how you say “distance” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
لِأَنَّهُ يَبْعُدُ أَنْ يُفْهَمَ الْمَقْصُودُ مِنْ وَضْعِ الْهَوَى فِي النَّفْسِ
Because it is rare for someone to understand the purpose of placing desire in the soul.
يَبْعُدُ it is unlikely
Present-tense verb, subject 'it' built in — 'it is far-fetched'.
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فقال ثم صار المتأخرون بعد ذلك قد يتناظرون في أنواع التأويل والقياس بما يؤثر في ظن بعض الناس،
and he said: "Then later generations debated forms of interpretation and analogy that influence the thinking of some,
بَعْدَ after
'after' — accusative time-adverb, head of an 'of' pairing with 'that'.
تالله مَا عدا عَلَيْك الْعدو إِلَّا بعد أَن تولى عَنْك الْوَلِيّ
By Allah, no enemy came upon you except after the Protector withdrew from you.
بَعْدَ after
A time-word 'after', frozen in the accusative and governing what follows in the genitive — 'after that…'. It sets the assault in sequence: only once the Protector withdrew.
لَو تَخَيَّلت قرب الأحباب لأقمت المأتم على بعْدك
If you imagined the closeness of loved ones, you would hold a funeral for your distance.
بُعْدِكِ your distance
'Distance / remoteness' with '-ki' (your, feminine) attached, genitive after 'for' — 'your being far'. What you would mourn: your own distance from them.
وَإِنْ مِنْ عُقُوبَةِ السَّيِّئَةِ السَّيِّئَةِ بُعْدُهَا
And indeed, among the punishment for an evil deed is the evil that follows it.
بُعْدُهَا after it
A noun 'what-comes-after' with a feminine 'it' ending, 'its aftermath'. The attached possessor reaches back to the evil deed, naming the further evil that follows it.