- بادئة (في اللغة)
- بَادِئَة (في اللُّغة) \ prefix: sth. (such as anti-) that is added to the beginning of a word so as to change its meaning. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (أَلْف) \ kilo-: meaning ‘a thousand’: Kilowatt; kilogram. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (إنجلِيزِيّ) \ Anglo: English. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (بشكلٍ أو عَلَى نَحْوٍ سَيّئ أو خاطئ - أو: يُسِيء) \ mis-: (with verbs) badly; wrongly; (with nouns) bad; wrong: misbehave; misdeed. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (بَيْن) \ inter: between: an inter-university match (between two universities); an international match. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (خَيْر، طَيّب) \ well-: (prefix) many compound adjs. are formed with past participles and a hyphen; but they are written as two words, without a hyphen, when they are in a predicative position: She is a well-loved person. She is well loved. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (السّابق) \ ex-: former: the ex-king; an ex-serviceman. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (سينمائيّ) \ cine-: used for moving pictures; film: a cine-camera; a cine-club. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (عَبْر) \ trans-: across. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (عَكْس أو ضِد) \ dis-: giving an opposite sense: ‘To dislike’ is the opposite of ‘to like’. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (قَبْل) \ pre-: prefix before: a pre-arranged sign (one that was arranged before, as the need was expected). \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (كُلّ) \ pan-: (used with names of countries or peoples) all: Pan-American Airways. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (لا) \ non-: prefix the word for not, used in making compound words: He was charged with non-payment of his electricity bill (with not paying his bill); a non-smoker (sb. who does not smoke); a non-swimmer (sb. who cannot swim). \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (لَيْس) \ un-: giving an opposite sense: ‘Unlikely’ means ‘not likely’. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (مُتَعَدّد) \ multi-: many: multi-coloured cloth, multi-racial society. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (مُتَعَلِّق بالنَّفْس أو الذّات) \ self-: concerning oneself (Note that the stress is usu. on the second word and not on self): self-admiration; self-taught. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (مرّة ثانية) \ re-: (used with verbs; followed by a hyphen either (a) before another "e", as in re-examine, or (b) to prevent confusion, as between recover and re-cover (cover again). \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (مَع، مؤيّد لِـ، مُوَالٍ لـ) \ pro-: in favour of; the opposite of anti: He is very pro-British (friendly towards Britain). \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (مَعَ، معًا) \ co-: (in compounds) together: co-education (of boys and girls); co-drivers. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (نائِب) \ vice-: holding the second position in relation to, and acting (when necessary) in place of: Vice-captain of the team. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى (نِصْف أو بَعْض) \ semi-: half; partly. \ بَادِئَة بِمَعْنَى النَّفي (لا، غير) \ in-: not: Incomplete means not complete. ("it" becomes "il-" before "l", "im-" before "m" or "p", "ir-" before "r": "Ill"egal, "im"moral, "im"patient, "ir"regular. It does not change the pronunciation of the word after it.). \ بَادِئةَ تُشير إلى علاقة ناتجة عن الزَّواج الثاني (زوج الأم، ابن الزَّوج أو الزوجة) \ step-: showing relationship through a second marriage: my stepfather (my mother’s husband); my stepson (my wife’s son by her former husband); stepbrother; stepdaughter; stepmother; stepsister.
Arabic-English dictionary. 2015.