أجرد
Arabic
Etymology
Color or defect adjective from the root ج ر د (j-r-d).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔad͡ʒ.rad/
Adjective
أَجْرَد • (ʾajrad) (feminine جَرْدَاء (jardāʾ), common plural جُرْد (jurd))
- barren, bare of vegetation, without herbage
- 2010, Fushigi Yugi (Arabic dub), episode 1, published 2010, spoken by Miaka:
- أَرْضٌ جَرْدَاء، لَا طَعَامَ وَلَا مَاء، يَا إِلٰهِي!
- ʾarḍun jardāʾ, lā ṭaʿāma walā māʾ, yā ʾilāhī!
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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- unarmed or unshielded, stripped of what could protect
- hairless, bald
Declension
Declension of adjective أَجْرَد (ʾajrad)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular diptote | basic singular diptote | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَجْرَد ʾajrad | الْأَجْرَد al-ʾajrad | جَرْدَاء jardāʾ | الْجَرْدَاء al-jardāʾ |
| Nominative | أَجْرَدُ ʾajradu | الْأَجْرَدُ al-ʾajradu | جَرْدَاءُ jardāʾu | الْجَرْدَاءُ al-jardāʾu |
| Accusative | أَجْرَدَ ʾajrada | الْأَجْرَدَ al-ʾajrada | جَرْدَاءَ jardāʾa | الْجَرْدَاءَ al-jardāʾa |
| Genitive | أَجْرَدَ ʾajrada | الْأَجْرَدِ al-ʾajradi | جَرْدَاءَ jardāʾa | الْجَرْدَاءِ al-jardāʾi |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَجْرَدَيْن ʾajradayn | الْأَجْرَدَيْن al-ʾajradayn | جَرْدَاوَيْن jardāwayn | الْجَرْدَاوَيْن al-jardāwayn |
| Nominative | أَجْرَدَانِ ʾajradāni | الْأَجْرَدَانِ al-ʾajradāni | جَرْدَاوَانِ jardāwāni | الْجَرْدَاوَانِ al-jardāwāni |
| Accusative | أَجْرَدَيْنِ ʾajradayni | الْأَجْرَدَيْنِ al-ʾajradayni | جَرْدَاوَيْنِ jardāwayni | الْجَرْدَاوَيْنِ al-jardāwayni |
| Genitive | أَجْرَدَيْنِ ʾajradayni | الْأَجْرَدَيْنِ al-ʾajradayni | جَرْدَاوَيْنِ jardāwayni | الْجَرْدَاوَيْنِ al-jardāwayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| basic broken plural triptote | basic broken plural triptote | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | جُرْد jurd | الْجُرْد al-jurd | جُرْد jurd | الْجُرْد al-jurd |
| Nominative | جُرْدٌ jurdun | الْجُرْدُ al-jurdu | جُرْدٌ jurdun | الْجُرْدُ al-jurdu |
| Accusative | جُرْدًا jurdan | الْجُرْدَ al-jurda | جُرْدًا jurdan | الْجُرْدَ al-jurda |
| Genitive | جُرْدٍ jurdin | الْجُرْدِ al-jurdi | جُرْدٍ jurdin | الْجُرْدِ al-jurdi |
References
- “أجرد” in Almaany
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “أجرد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 264
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “أجرد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 406
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “أجرد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 142
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “أجرد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 175