Arabic vocabulary
اِبْتِدَاء is how you say “originate” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
ولو كانت إضافته إليه إضافة إنشاء وابتداء لم يكن رسولًا
And if ascribing it to Him were an act of creation and origination, He would not be a messenger.
وَابْتِدَاءٍ — and origination. An 'and' fused to a second owning noun 'origination', extending the chain to 'attribution of creation and origination'. It stands in the owner form, joining a near-synonym to deepen the sense of bringing something into being from scratch.
From: God's Eternal Word →OpenArabic teaches words like اِبْتِدَاء through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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