Arabic word sheet
بَعِيدٌ
Far, distant in place
- Type
- adjective
- Root
- ب ع د
Meaning and usage
Far, distant in place
Said of a place, a person or a thing that lies a long way from the speaker or from a point of reference.
الْمَدْرَسَةُ بَعِيدَةٌ عَنِ الْبَيْتِ.
The school is far from the house.
Far-reaching, long
Said of a stretch or a journey whose end lies far off: a desert, a road, a distance to cover.
سَلَكَ الْمُسَافِرُ طَرِيقًا بَعِيدًا.
The traveller took a long road.
Distant in kinship
Said of a person whose family tie is loose, or who is no kin at all: a distant relative, a stranger.
رَامِي قَرِيبٌ بَعِيدٌ لِأُمِّي.
Rami is a distant relative of my mother.
Unlikely, far-fetched
Said of a statement, an idea or an event that is hard to believe or to expect, because it lies far from what is likely.
فَوْزُ الْفَرِيقِ الْيَوْمَ احْتِمَالٌ بَعِيدٌ.
The team’s winning today is a remote possibility.
Word family
What the root means ب ع د
The basic verb says that a person or a thing is far off, or goes far away: the opposite of being near. The headword describes what is in that state; distance, moving something away, moving away oneself and “farther” grow from the same idea.
to be far, to go far away
بَعُدَ
distance, remoteness
بُعْدٌ
to send far away, to remove
أَبْعَدَ
to keep apart, to put at a distance
بَاعَدَ
to move away, to keep away
اِبْتَعَدَ
farther, farthest
أَبْعَدُ
Synonyms
far away, remote
نَاءٍ
More literary: it stresses being off on one’s own, cut off from others, whereas the headword simply states distance.
remote, far-off
قَصِيٌّ
Stronger and rarer: it is said of what lies at the very edge, at the end of the land or of the known world, and is hardly used for kinship or for the unlikely.
Opposites
near