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the beginning

3 occurrences across 3 Arabic/Persian roots

ا- و- ل
(ʾ-w-l) — first; firstness; beginning

“the beginning” accounts for 1 of 68 occurrences of this root (1%)

Forms seen

اوّل ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

first 28% beginning 9% primal 7% old 4% one 3% early days 3% early 3% ye that have 1% world 1% who are men 1% true meaning 1% thine own firstness 1% shall despair 1% prime of 1% primarily 1% nine will have elapsed 1% interpretations 1% interpretation 1% inception 1% have attained in the past 1% greatest of sinners 1% god 1% foundation 1% former sun 1% former 1% firstness 1% firstly 1% first, the 1% first leader 1% falsely interpret 1% ever since the dawn 1% especially 1% ere he 1% earliest 1% beginnings 1% ancients 1%

Examples

ESW §226: اوّل: the beginning

ب- د- أ
(b-d-ʾ) — beginning; source, origin; source/beginning

“the beginning” accounts for 1 of 9 occurrences of this root (11%)

Forms seen

المَبْدَءِ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

beginning 33% thou who art my 11% source thereof 11% source 11% proceedeth 11% origin 11% begin 11%

Examples

P&M §675: المَبْدَءِ: the beginning

ب- د- ا
(b-d-ʾ) — beginning; beginning, origin; origin

“the beginning” accounts for 1 of 8 occurrences of this root (13%)

Forms seen

بدء ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

beginning 38% first 25% source 13% revelation 13% origin 13%

Examples

KIQ §182: بدء: the Beginning

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots:

beginning (12) first (21) primal (5) old (3) one (2) early days (2) early (2)