بد

See also: پد‎

بد - Arabic

Noun

بُدّ • (budd) m (plural بِدَدَة‎ (bidada) or أَبْدَاد‎ (ʔabdād))

escape, means of avoiding something
- ‏لَا بُدَّ مِن كَذَا‎
  - lā budda min kaḏā
  - there is no avoiding such a thing, such a thing is inevitable
flight
separation
part, portion
equivalent, substitute
idol

Declension

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُدّ budd	الْبُدّ‎ al-budd	بُدّ budd
Nominative	بُدٌّ buddun	الْبُدُّ‎ al-buddu	بُدُّ buddu
Accusative	بُدًّا‎ buddan	الْبُدَّ‎ al-budda	بُدَّ budda
Genitive	بُدٍّ buddin	الْبُدِّ‎ al-buddi	بُدِّ buddi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُدَّيْن‎ buddayn	الْبُدَّيْن‎ al-buddayn	بُدَّيْ‎ budday
Nominative	بُدَّانِ‎ buddāni	الْبُدَّانِ‎ al-buddāni	بُدَّا‎ buddā
Accusative	بُدَّيْنِ‎ buddayni	الْبُدَّيْنِ‎ al-buddayni	بُدَّيْ‎ budday
Genitive	بُدَّيْنِ‎ buddayni	الْبُدَّيْنِ‎ al-buddayni	بُدَّيْ‎ budday
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِدَدَة‎‎; أَبْدَاد‎ bidada‎; ʔabdād	الْبِدَدَة‎‎; الْأَبْدَاد‎ al-bidada‎; al-ʔabdād	بِدَدَة‎‎; أَبْدَاد‎ bidadat‎; ʔabdād
Nominative	بِدَدَةٌ‎‎; أَبْدَادٌ‎ bidadatun‎; ʔabdādun	الْبِدَدَةُ‎‎; الْأَبْدَادُ‎ al-bidadatu‎; al-ʔabdādu	بِدَدَةُ‎‎; أَبْدَادُ‎ bidadatu‎; ʔabdādu
Accusative	بِدَدَةً‎‎; أَبْدَادًا‎ bidadatan‎; ʔabdādan	الْبِدَدَةَ‎‎; الْأَبْدَادَ‎ al-bidadata‎; al-ʔabdāda	بِدَدَةَ‎‎; أَبْدَادَ‎ bidadata‎; ʔabdāda
Genitive	بِدَدَةٍ‎‎; أَبْدَادٍ‎ bidadatin‎; ʔabdādin	الْبِدَدَةِ‎‎; الْأَبْدَادِ‎ al-bidadati‎; al-ʔabdādi	بِدَدَةِ‎‎; أَبْدَادِ‎ bidadati‎; ʔabdādi

بد - Khalaj

Adjective

بَد (bəd)

Arabic spelling of bəd (“evil”)

بد - North Levantine Arabic

Preposition

بد • (badd, bidd)

want to
- ‏بدي شوفك كل يوم، يا حبيبي‎
  - Baddi šūfak kill yōm, ya ḥabībi.
  - I want to see you every day, my dear.
should; need
- ‏شو بدنا نئللو؟‎‎
  - Šu badna nʾil-lu?
  - What should we tell him?

Usage notes

The past is formed by adding كان‎ (kēn), which originally would be left unchanged, but is now equally commonly conjugated. Thus: كان بدي شوفك (kēn baddi šūfak) or كنت بدي شوفك (kint baddi šūfak), both “I wanted to see you.”

بد - Ottoman Turkish

Adjective

بد‎ • (bed)

بد - Pashto

Pronunciation

IPA: /bəd/

Adjective

بد • (bëd)

Declension

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	بد (bëd)	بد (bëd)	بده‎ (bëda)	بدې‎ (bëde)
oblique	بد (bëd)	بدو‎ (bëdo)	بدې‎ (bëde)	بدو‎ (bëdo)
vocative	بده‎ (bëda)	بدو‎ (bëdo)	بدې‎ (bëde)	بدو‎ (bëdo)

Adverb

بد • (bad)

badly

بد - Persian

Pronunciation

IPA: /bad/

Adjective

بَد • (bad) (comparative بَدتَر‎ (bad-tar), superlative بَدتَرین‎ (bad-tarin))

bad; not good
evil

Antonyms

خوب‎ (xub)

Adverb

بَد • (bad)

poorly, badly

Derived terms

بدی‎ (badi)

Descendants

→ Bengali: বদ (bod)
→ Khalaj: bəd
→ Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਬਦ (bad)
- Shahmukhi script: بد‎ (bad)

Noun

بد • (-bad, -bed, -bod)

lord, master

بد - South Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA: /bidd/, [bɪd]

Preposition

بدّ • (bidd-)

(false verb) to want
- ‏بدّك قهوة؟‎‎
  - biddak ʔahwe?
  - Do you want some coffee?
- ‏بدي أشوف ك كل يوم يا حبيب ي.‎‎
  - biddi ʔašūfak kull yōm ya ḥabībi.
  - I want to see you every day, my dear.
- Synonym: حبّ‎ (ḥabb)
(false verb, by extension) to need
- ‏ابن ي مريض كتير وبدّه دوا ضروري.‎‎
  - ibni marīḍ ktīr w biddo dawa ḍurūri.
  - My son is very sick and needs medicine.
  - (literally, “My son is very sick and wants medicine necessarily.”)
- Synonym: احتاج‎ (iḥtāj)
(auxiliary) will, going to
- ‏بدي أمرق ل عند ه بكرة.‎‎
  - biddi ʔamroʔ la-ʕindo bukra.
  - I'm going to go to his house tomorrow.
- Synonym: رح‎ (raḥ)

Usage notes

Similar to terms like عند‎ (ʕind, “to have”), the term بدّ‎ (bidd) is "conjugated" with enclitic pronouns. Unlike عند‎ (ʕind), however, بدّ‎ (bidd) has no inherent meaning and can never be used entirely by itself.

Inflection

Inflected forms of بد
Base form				بدّ (bidd)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
Personal-pronoun- including forms	m	f	plural
1^st person	بدّي‎ (biddi)		بدنا‎ (bidna)
2^nd person	بدّك‎ (biddak)	بدّك‎ (biddek)	بدكم‎ (bidkom)
3^rd person	بدّه‎ (biddo)	بدها‎ (bidha)	بدهم‎ (bidhom)

بد - Urdu

Adjective

بد • (bad) (Hindi spelling बद)

Noun

بد • (bad) m (Hindi spelling बद)

bubo