جراد
Arabic
جَرَادَة
Etymology
From the root ج ر د (j-r-d).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.raːd/
Noun
جَرَاد • (jarād) m (collective, singulative جَرَادَة f (jarāda))
- locusts, vegetation clearing insects
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:133:
- فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلْجَرَادَ وَٱلْقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ آيَاتٍ مُفَصَّلَاتٍ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْمًا مُجْرِمِينَ
- faʾarsalnā ʿalayhimu ṭ-ṭūfāna wal-jarāda wal-qummala waḍ-ḍafādiʿa wad-dama ʾāyātin mufaṣṣalātin fastakbarū wakānū qawman mujrimīna
- We caused to be sent upon them destruction abounding, locusts, lice, frogs, and the blood, as signs of proof discernibly clear, but they had considered themselves of greater importance and had been a people who caused wrongdoing to be encouraged.
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 54:7:
- خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنْتَشِرٌ
- ḵuššaʿan ʾabṣāruhum yaḵrujūna mina l-ʾajdāṯi kaʾannahum jarādun mmuntaširun
- Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading.
- (figuratively) a person or thing who absconds with or divests a thing from a person
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- grasshoppers by comparison
Declension
Declension of noun جَرَاد (jarād)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جَرَاد jarād | الْجَرَاد al-jarād | جَرَاد jarād |
| Nominative | جَرَادٌ jarādun | الْجَرَادُ al-jarādu | جَرَادُ jarādu |
| Accusative | جَرَادًا jarādan | الْجَرَادَ al-jarāda | جَرَادَ jarāda |
| Genitive | جَرَادٍ jarādin | الْجَرَادِ al-jarādi | جَرَادِ jarādi |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جَرَادَة jarāda | الْجَرَادَة al-jarāda | جَرَادَة jarādat |
| Nominative | جَرَادَةٌ jarādatun | الْجَرَادَةُ al-jarādatu | جَرَادَةُ jarādatu |
| Accusative | جَرَادَةً jarādatan | الْجَرَادَةَ al-jarādata | جَرَادَةَ jarādata |
| Genitive | جَرَادَةٍ jarādatin | الْجَرَادَةِ al-jarādati | جَرَادَةِ jarādati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | جَرَادَتَيْن jarādatayn | الْجَرَادَتَيْن al-jarādatayn | جَرَادَتَيْ jarādatay |
| Nominative | جَرَادَتَانِ jarādatāni | الْجَرَادَتَانِ al-jarādatāni | جَرَادَتَا jarādatā |
| Accusative | جَرَادَتَيْنِ jarādatayni | الْجَرَادَتَيْنِ al-jarādatayni | جَرَادَتَيْ jarādatay |
| Genitive | جَرَادَتَيْنِ jarādatayni | الْجَرَادَتَيْنِ al-jarādatayni | جَرَادَتَيْ jarādatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جَرَادَات jarādāt | الْجَرَادَات al-jarādāt | جَرَادَات jarādāt |
| Nominative | جَرَادَاتٌ jarādātun | الْجَرَادَاتُ al-jarādātu | جَرَادَاتُ jarādātu |
| Accusative | جَرَادَاتٍ jarādātin | الْجَرَادَاتِ al-jarādāti | جَرَادَاتِ jarādāti |
| Genitive | جَرَادَاتٍ jarādātin | الْجَرَادَاتِ al-jarādāti | جَرَادَاتِ jarādāti |
Descendants
- Maltese: ġurad
- Moroccan Arabic: جراد (jrād)
- → Ottoman Turkish: جراد
References
- “جراد” in Almaany
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “جراد”, 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), “جراد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 406
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “جراد”, 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), “جراد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 175
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic جَرَاد (jarād).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒraːd/
Noun
جراد • (jrād) m (collective, singulative جرادة f (jrāda), plural جرادات (jrādāt))
- locust; grasshopper
South Levantine Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ج ر د |
Etymology
From Arabic جَرَاد (jarād).
Noun
جراد • (jarād) m (collective, singulative جرادة f (jarāde))
- locusts; grasshoppers