Arabic word sheet
بَعْضٌ
Some, certain ones
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ب ع ض
Meaning and usage
Some, certain ones
It names one or more people or things out of a set, without saying which.
A part of
It names a portion of a thing, small or large, without specifying it. It is said of what is taken or considered out of a whole.
One another
Said twice, it expresses that people or things each act on the other: they help one another.
Word family
What the root means ب ع ض
The root carries the idea of a part taken from a whole. From it come the words for dividing a thing into parts and for what gets divided; another word of the same root names the mosquito.
to divide into parts
بَعَّضَ
to be divided into parts
تَبَعَّضَ
mosquitoes
بَعُوضٌ
a mosquito
بَعُوضَةٌ
Synonyms
part, portion
جُزْءٌ
Names a clearly marked-off part that can be counted, whereas the headword stays vague about what it picks out.
Opposites
all, the whole