وعد

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root و ع د‎ (w-ʿ-d).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.ʕa.da/

Verb

وَعَدَ • (waʿada) I, non-past يَعِدُ‎‎ (yaʿidu)

  1. to promise (construed doubly transitive or someone بِ‎ (bi) something)
    ‏هَلْ تَعِدُنِي بِذٰلِكَ؟‎‎
    hal taʿidunī biḏālika?
    Will you promise me (are you promising me) this?
  2. to threaten with
Conjugation
References
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), “وعد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “وعد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “وعد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waʕd/

Noun

وَعْد • (waʿd) m (plural وُعُود‎ (wuʿūd))

  1. verbal noun of وَعَدَ (waʿada) (form I)
  2. promise
  3. threat, menace
  4. anything promised or threatened
Declension
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “وعد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “وعد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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