How to say "after" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningafter
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَعْدَ
baʿdaבעד
بعد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אחרי
akhareiأَخَارِي
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ب-ع-دHebrew root
ב-ע-דTraditionally compared with Biblical בְּעַד, which slid from "behind" to "through, on behalf of" (בעדי); Arabic took the same "behind" and made it the everyday "after". The etymology is old and debated, so enjoy it with a grain of salt.
Related Hebrew word:בעדbe'adبِئَاد
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In a phrase
بَعْدَ الدَّرْس
baʿda ad-darsבעד א-דרסafter the lesson