Arabic vocabulary
بَعِيدٍfar
How to say “far” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَتَلَقَّوُهَا مِنْ بَعِيدٍ،
And they received her from afar,
بَعِيدٍ — far. An adjective meaning 'far/distant' used here as the noun the preposition governs, hence its genitive ending. Pressed into service after 'from', it functions adverbially to mean 'from a distance'. Arabic readily lets an adjective stand in for a noun in this slot.
From: Ignoring God's Guidance →
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