أبدا
Arabic
Etymology
Adverbial accusative of أَبَد (ʔabad, “eternity”), related to the verb أَبَدَ (ʔabada, “to stay, to linger”), from the root ء ب د (ʔ-b-d).
Pronunciation
Adverb
أَبَدًا • (ʔabadan)
- forever, always
- Synonyms: دَائِمًا (dāʔiman), بِٱسْتِمْرَار (bistimrār), دَوْمًا (dawman), مَدَى الْحَيَاة (madā l-ḥayāh), مَدَى الدَّهْرِ (madā d-dahri)
- (with a negative, in the future) never
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- وَلَنْ يَتَمَنَّوْهُ أَبَدًا
- walan yatamannawhu ʔabadan
- And they will never wish for it.
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- not at all, on no account, absolutely not
- هُوَ عِراقِيٌّ وَلَيْسَ سُورِيًّا أَبَداً.
- huwa ʕirāqiyyun walaysa sūriyyan ʔabadan.
- He’s Iraqi and definitely not Syrian.
Interjection
أَبَدًا • (ʔabadan)
- never!, not at all!, by no means!