Arabic → English
أبداً in English
- Pronunciation
- abadan
- Arabizi
abadan- Type
- adverb
- Root
- ب د ي
How to use it
"أَبَدًا" means "ever" or "never" depending on the negative particle. It appears after "لا" or "لم" to express "never".
Example sentences
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لَمْ يَكُنْ هَذَا أَبَدًا
lam yakun hādhā abadan
This was never
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سَأَلْتُهُ أَبَدًا
sa'altuhu abadan
I never asked him
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لَا تَذْكُرْهُ أَبَدًا
lā tadhkurhu abadan
Never mention it
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
أبداً.
Never.
لا تكذب أبداً!
Never tell a lie!
لن أنساك أبداً.
I'll never forget you.
ألا تتغير أبداً؟
You never change, do you?
هى لم ترهُ أبداً.
She never saw him.
لا تلعب هنا أبداً.
Never play here.
هى لم تراها أبداً.
She never saw her.
هى لم تراهُ أبداً.
She never saw him.
لن ينتهي ذلك أبداً.
This is never going to end.
لا تستخفَّ بتوم أبداً.
Never underestimate Tom.
وألا يعودوا منها أبداً.
And don't come back.
والعرب لا "يخسرون" أبداً لأنهم لا يستسلمون أبداً.
The Arabs never “lose” because they never surrender.
Questions and answers
Can "أَبَدًا" be used positively?
Rarely; it is mainly used in negative sentences.
Is there a difference between "أَبَدًا" and "أَبَد"?
"أَبَد" is a noun meaning eternity; "أَبَدًا" is the adverbial form.
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