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past tense in Arabic

مَاضٍ māḍin

past tense in Arabic: مَاضٍ (māḍin), الْمَاضِي (al-māḍī), فِعْل مَاضٍ (fiʕl māḍin), الْفِعْل الْمَاضِي (al-fiʕl al-māḍī). In English, past tense means a grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).

Arabic words for past tense

grammatical form
مَاضٍ māḍin, الْمَاضِي al-māḍī, فِعْل مَاضٍ fiʕl māḍin, الْفِعْل الْمَاضِي al-fiʕl al-māḍī

English meaning of past tense

  1. noun A grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).
  2. verb To to end the life of something; to kill.

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Questions about past tense in Arabic

What is the meaning of past tense in Arabic?
Past tense in Arabic is مَاضٍ (māḍin), الْمَاضِي (al-māḍī), فِعْل مَاضٍ (fiʕl māḍin), الْفِعْل الْمَاضِي (al-fiʕl al-māḍī).
ما معنى كلمة past tense؟
Past tense: مَاضٍ (māḍin), الْمَاضِي (al-māḍī), فِعْل مَاضٍ (fiʕl māḍin), الْفِعْل الْمَاضِي (al-fiʕl al-māḍī).
What does past tense mean in English?
Past tense means a grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).

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