بدع
Root: بدع
3 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
بدع bada‘a a (bad‘) to introduce, originate, start, do for the first time (هـ s.th.), be the first to do s.th. (هـ); to devise, contrive, invent (هـ s.th.) II to accuse of heresy (ه s.o.) IV = I; to create (هـ s.th.); to achieve unique, excellent results (في in); to be amazing, outstanding (في in s.th.) VIII to invent, contrive, devise, think up (هـ s.th.) X to regard as novel, as unprecedented (هـ s.th.)
Entry 2
بدع bad‘ innovation, novelty; creation│بدعا وعودا bad‘an wa-‘audan repeatedly 45
Entry 3
بدع bid‘ pl. ابداع abdā‘ innovator; new, original; unprecedented, novel│لا بدع lā bid‘a no wonder! لا بدع ان lā bid‘a an no wonder that ... ; بدع من s.th. else than; unlike, different from
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