أجرأ
See also: اجرا
Arabic
Etymology
Elative of جَرِيء (jarīʾ, “bold, daring, brave, courageous”), from the root ج ر ء (j-r-ʾ).
Adjective
أَجْرَأ • (ʾajraʾ) (feminine جُرْأَى (jurʾā), masculine plural أَجَارِئ (ʾajāriʾ), feminine plural جُرْأَيَات (jurʾayāt))
- elative degree of جَرِيء (jarīʾ):
- bolder, more daring, braver, more courageous; boldest, most daring, bravest, most courageous
Declension
Declension of adjective أَجْرَأ (ʾajraʾ)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular diptote | singular invariable | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَجْرَأ ʾajraʾ | الْأَجْرَأ al-ʾajraʾ | جُرْأَى jurʾā | الْجُرْأَى al-jurʾā |
| Nominative | أَجْرَأُ ʾajraʾu | الْأَجْرَأُ al-ʾajraʾu | جُرْأَى jurʾā | الْجُرْأَى al-jurʾā |
| Accusative | أَجْرَأَ ʾajraʾa | الْأَجْرَأَ al-ʾajraʾa | جُرْأَى jurʾā | الْجُرْأَى al-jurʾā |
| Genitive | أَجْرَأَ ʾajraʾa | الْأَجْرَأِ al-ʾajraʾi | جُرْأَى jurʾā | الْجُرْأَى al-jurʾā |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَجْرَأَيْن ʾajraʾayn | الْأَجْرَأَيْن al-ʾajraʾayn | جُرْأَيَيْن jurʾayayn | الْجُرْأَيَيْن al-jurʾayayn |
| Nominative | أَجْرَآنِ ʾajraʾāni | الْأَجْرَآنِ al-ʾajraʾāni | جُرْأَيَانِ jurʾayāni | الْجُرْأَيَانِ al-jurʾayāni |
| Accusative | أَجْرَأَيْنِ ʾajraʾayni | الْأَجْرَأَيْنِ al-ʾajraʾayni | جُرْأَيَيْنِ jurʾayayni | الْجُرْأَيَيْنِ al-jurʾayayni |
| Genitive | أَجْرَأَيْنِ ʾajraʾayni | الْأَجْرَأَيْنِ al-ʾajraʾayni | جُرْأَيَيْنِ jurʾayayni | الْجُرْأَيَيْنِ al-jurʾayayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| basic broken plural diptote | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَجَارِئ ʾajāriʾ | الْأَجَارِئ al-ʾajāriʾ | جُرْأَيَات jurʾayāt | الْجُرْأَيَات al-jurʾayāt |
| Nominative | أَجَارِئُ ʾajāriʾu | الْأَجَارِئُ al-ʾajāriʾu | جُرْأَيَاتٌ jurʾayātun | الْجُرْأَيَاتُ al-jurʾayātu |
| Accusative | أَجَارِئَ ʾajāriʾa | الْأَجَارِئَ al-ʾajāriʾa | جُرْأَيَاتٍ jurʾayātin | الْجُرْأَيَاتِ al-jurʾayāti |
| Genitive | أَجَارِئَ ʾajāriʾa | الْأَجَارِئِ al-ʾajāriʾi | جُرْأَيَاتٍ jurʾayātin | الْجُرْأَيَاتِ al-jurʾayāti |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أجرأ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen