بدعة

See also: بدعت

Arabic

Noun

بِدْعَة • (bidʕa) f (plural بِدْعَات (bidʕāt) or بِدَع (bidaʕ))

1. inception, creation, conception, production
2. change, revision, alteration
3. (Islam) bidʿah, deviation, heresy, transgression, the opposite of Sunnah
   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 31:3:

     قَالَ عُمَرُ نِعْمَ الْبِدْعَةُ هَذِهِ

     qāla ʕumaru niʕma l-bidʕatu haḏihi

     Umar [ibn al-Khatab] said “what an excellent Bidʿah this is!”

Declension

Declension of noun بِدْعَة (bidʕa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِدْعَة bidʕa	الْبِدْعَة al-bidʕa	بِدْعَة bidʕat
Nominative	بِدْعَةٌ bidʕatun	الْبِدْعَةُ al-bidʕatu	بِدْعَةُ bidʕatu
Accusative	بِدْعَةً bidʕatan	الْبِدْعَةَ al-bidʕata	بِدْعَةَ bidʕata
Genitive	بِدْعَةٍ bidʕatin	الْبِدْعَةِ al-bidʕati	بِدْعَةِ bidʕati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِدْعَتَيْن bidʕatayn	الْبِدْعَتَيْن al-bidʕatayn	بِدْعَتَيْ bidʕatay
Nominative	بِدْعَتَانِ bidʕatāni	الْبِدْعَتَانِ al-bidʕatāni	بِدْعَتَا bidʕatā
Accusative	بِدْعَتَيْنِ bidʕatayni	الْبِدْعَتَيْنِ al-bidʕatayni	بِدْعَتَيْ bidʕatay
Genitive	بِدْعَتَيْنِ bidʕatayni	الْبِدْعَتَيْنِ al-bidʕatayni	بِدْعَتَيْ bidʕatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِدْعَات‎; بِدَع bidʕāt‎; bidaʕ	الْبِدْعَات‎; الْبِدَع al-bidʕāt‎; al-bidaʕ	بِدْعَات‎; بِدَع bidʕāt‎; bidaʕ
Nominative	بِدْعَاتٌ‎; بِدَعٌ bidʕātun‎; bidaʕun	الْبِدْعَاتُ‎; الْبِدَعُ al-bidʕātu‎; al-bidaʕu	بِدْعَاتُ‎; بِدَعُ bidʕātu‎; bidaʕu
Accusative	بِدْعَاتٍ‎; بِدَعًا bidʕātin‎; bidaʕan	الْبِدْعَاتِ‎; الْبِدَعَ al-bidʕāti‎; al-bidaʕa	بِدْعَاتِ‎; بِدَعَ bidʕāti‎; bidaʕa
Genitive	بِدْعَاتٍ‎; بِدَعٍ bidʕātin‎; bidaʕin	الْبِدْعَاتِ‎; الْبِدَعِ al-bidʕāti‎; al-bidaʕi	بِدْعَاتِ‎; بِدَعِ bidʕāti‎; bidaʕi

Antonyms

• سُنَّة (sunna)

Derived terms

• بِدْعِيّ (bidʕiyy)