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originally in Arabic

فِي الأَصْلِ
Pronunciation
fī al-aṣli
Arabizi
fy al-asl
Type
adverb

How to use it

"Originally" translates to فِي الأَصْلِ and is used to refer to the initial state or situation before any changes. It often appears at the start of a sentence.

Example sentences

  • فِي الأَصْلِ كُنْتُ أُحِبُّ القِرَاءَةَ.

    fī al-aṣli kuntu uḥibbu al-qirāʾata.

    Originally I loved reading.

  • فِي الأَصْلِ سَكَنَتِ العَائِلَةُ فِي مَدِينَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ.

    fī al-aṣli sakana al-ʿāʾilatu fī madīnatin kabīratin.

    Originally the family lived in a big city.

  • فِي الأَصْلِ لَمْ يَكُنْ هَذَا المَشْرُوعُ مُمْكِنًا.

    fī al-aṣli lam yakun hādhā al-mashrūʿu mumkinan.

    Originally this project was not possible.

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.

Originally posted on Rising Voices.

نشرت في الأصل على موقع الأصوات النامية

Keltner is originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

كيلتنر هو في الأصل من تولسا في أوكلاهوما.

Originally, OTRS worked only on MySQL databases.

في الأصل، وعملت فقط على OTRS الخلية قواعد البيانات.

Global Voices (GV): Where are you from originally?

الأصوات العالمية ( أ.

==History==The stadium was originally built in 1973.

تم افتتاح الملعب في سنة 1973.

The figure was originally located in the Frauenkirche.

كان التمثال يقع في فرانكرتشا (Frauenkirche).

Originally from the Alabama, Georgia, and Florida area.

وهي في الأصل من جورجيا ومنطقة فلوريدا.

It's originally from northern Ecuador (Otavalo-Imbabura).

انها في الأصل من شمال الإكوادور (اوتافالو-امبابورا).

This website, originally in Korean, started in February 2008.

هذا الموقع بدأ في فبراير 2008.

This narrative was originally published by Index on Censorship.

نشر هذا المقال بالأصل على موقع إنديكس أون سينسرشيب.

They're called "quasars." Quasars originally meant quasi-stellar object.

تسمى الكويزرس. الكويزرس تعنى في الأصل شيء "شبيه بالنجم".

Originally, it appeared io lightlybraisedturnip.com on January 10, 2014.

com في 10 يناير / كانون الثاني 2014.

Questions and answers

Can I use فِي الأَصْلِ with past tense verbs?

Yes, it works with any tense because it refers to the time before the current situation.

Is there a shorter synonym?

You can also say "أَوَّلًا" (awwalًا) for a similar meaning, but فِي الأَصْلِ is more formal.

Related words and expressions

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