عبثا

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Arabic

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Root
ع ب ث (ʕ b ṯ)
3 terms

Etymology

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Adverbial accusative of عَبَث (ʕabaṯ, vain).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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عَبَثًا (ʕabaṯan)

  1. for no purpose, in play, uselessly, for nothing, futilely
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 23:115:
      أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ
      ʔafaḥasibtum ʔannamā ḵalaqnākum ʕabaṯan wa-ʔannakum ʔilaynā lā turjaʕūna
      Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?

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