أجود
Arabic
Etymology
Elative of جَيِّد (jayyid, “good; liberal, generous; excellent”), from the root ج و د (j-w-d).
Adjective
أَجْوَد • (ʾajwad) (feminine جُودَى (jūdā), masculine plural أَجَاوِد (ʾajāwid), feminine plural جُودَيَات (jūdayāt))
- elative degree of جَيِّد (jayyid):
- better; best
- more liberal, more generous; most liberal, most generous
- more excellent; most excellent
Declension
Declension of adjective أَجْوَد (ʾajwad)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular diptote | singular invariable | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَجْوَد ʾajwad | الْأَجْوَد al-ʾajwad | جُودى jūdā | الْجُودى al-jūdā |
| Nominative | أَجْوَدُ ʾajwadu | الْأَجْوَدُ al-ʾajwadu | جُودى jūdā | الْجُودى al-jūdā |
| Accusative | أَجْوَدَ ʾajwada | الْأَجْوَدَ al-ʾajwada | جُودى jūdā | الْجُودى al-jūdā |
| Genitive | أَجْوَدَ ʾajwada | الْأَجْوَدِ al-ʾajwadi | جُودى jūdā | الْجُودى al-jūdā |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَجْوَدَيْن ʾajwadayn | الْأَجْوَدَيْن al-ʾajwadayn | جُودَيَيْن jūdayayn | الْجُودَيَيْن al-jūdayayn |
| Nominative | أَجْوَدَانِ ʾajwadāni | الْأَجْوَدَانِ al-ʾajwadāni | جُودَيَانِ jūdayāni | الْجُودَيَانِ al-jūdayāni |
| Accusative | أَجْوَدَيْنِ ʾajwadayni | الْأَجْوَدَيْنِ al-ʾajwadayni | جُودَيَيْنِ jūdayayni | الْجُودَيَيْنِ al-jūdayayni |
| Genitive | أَجْوَدَيْنِ ʾajwadayni | الْأَجْوَدَيْنِ al-ʾajwadayni | جُودَيَيْنِ jūdayayni | الْجُودَيَيْنِ al-jūdayayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| basic broken plural diptote | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَجَاوِد ʾajāwid | الْأَجَاوِد al-ʾajāwid | جُودَيَات jūdayāt | الْجُودَيَات al-jūdayāt |
| Nominative | أَجَاوِدُ ʾajāwidu | الْأَجَاوِدُ al-ʾajāwidu | جُودَيَاتٌ jūdayātun | الْجُودَيَاتُ al-jūdayātu |
| Accusative | أَجَاوِدَ ʾajāwida | الْأَجَاوِدَ al-ʾajāwida | جُودَيَاتٍ jūdayātin | الْجُودَيَاتِ al-jūdayāti |
| Genitive | أَجَاوِدَ ʾajāwida | الْأَجَاوِدِ al-ʾajāwidi | جُودَيَاتٍ jūdayātin | الْجُودَيَاتِ al-jūdayāti |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “جود”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate