عبد

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Contents 1 Arabic 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Descendants 2 Libyan Arabic 2.1 Noun 2.2 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From the root ع ب د (IPA: /ʕ-b-d/) (Other: ʕ-b-d) . Noun sense can be faithfully reconstructed to Proto-Semitic *ʿabd-.

[edit] Noun

عَبْد (ʕabd) m., عَبِيد (ʕabīd) pl., عبدان (ʕubdān) pl.

1. slave, serf
2. bondsman, servant

عَبْد (ʕabd) m., عباد (ʕibād) pl.

1. servant of God, human being, man

   العباد (al-ʕibād) — humanity, mankind

   العبد لله (al-ʕábdu li-llāh) — I (first-person pronoun showing modesty)

[edit] Verb

عَبَدَ ‎(ʕábada) (verb form I)

1. to worship, to venerate

عبّد ‎(ʕábbada) (verb form II)

1. to enslave, to subjugate, to subject

تعبد ‎(taʕábbada) (verb form V)

1. to devote oneself to the service of God

استعبد ‎(istáʕbada) (verb form X)

1. to enslave, to subjugate, to enthrall

[edit] Descendants

• Swahili: abada (borrowing)

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[edit] Libyan Arabic

[edit] Noun

عبد (ʕabəd), عبيد (ʕbīd) pl., عبدّة (ʕbədda) pl. (only for sense 1)

1. slave
2. (pejorative) black man

[edit] Verb

عبد (ʕbad)

1. to worship