رديء

رديء

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر د ء‎ (r-d-ʾ); compare رَدُؤَ‎ (raduʾa, “to be bad”).

Adjective

رَدِيء • (radīʾ) (feminine رَدِيئَة‎ (radīʾa), masculine plural أَرْدِئَاء‎ (ʾardiʾāʾ) or أَرْدِيَاء‎ (ʾardiyāʾ), elative أَرْدَأ‎ (ʾardaʾ))

1. bad, evil, wicked, corrupt, depraved
2. worthless, of no rank, of no estimation
3. low, ignoble, vile, mean
4. vicious
5. disapproved, disliked, hated, abominable
6. weak, impotent

Declension

Declension of adjective رَدِيء (radīʾ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَدِيء radīʾ	الرَّدِيء‎ ar-radīʾ	رَدِيئَة‎ radīʾa	الرَّدِيئَة‎ ar-radīʾa
Nominative	رَدِيءٌ radīʾun	الرَّدِيءُ‎ ar-radīʾu	رَدِيئَةٌ‎ radīʾatun	الرَّدِيئَةُ‎ ar-radīʾatu
Accusative	رَدِيئًا‎ radīʾan	الرَّدِيءَ‎ ar-radīʾa	رَدِيئَةً‎ radīʾatan	الرَّدِيئَةَ‎ ar-radīʾata
Genitive	رَدِيءٍ radīʾin	الرَّدِيءِ‎ ar-radīʾi	رَدِيئَةٍ‎ radīʾatin	الرَّدِيئَةِ‎ ar-radīʾati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَدِيئَيْن‎ radīʾayn	الرَّدِيئَيْن‎ ar-radīʾayn	رَدِيئَتَيْن‎ radīʾatayn	الرَّدِيئَتَيْن‎ ar-radīʾatayn
Nominative	رَدِيئَانِ‎ radīʾāni	الرَّدِيئَانِ‎ ar-radīʾāni	رَدِيئَتَانِ‎ radīʾatāni	الرَّدِيئَتَانِ‎ ar-radīʾatāni
Accusative	رَدِيئَيْنِ‎ radīʾayni	الرَّدِيئَيْنِ‎ ar-radīʾayni	رَدِيئَتَيْنِ‎ radīʾatayni	الرَّدِيئَتَيْنِ‎ ar-radīʾatayni
Genitive	رَدِيئَيْنِ‎ radīʾayni	الرَّدِيئَيْنِ‎ ar-radīʾayni	رَدِيئَتَيْنِ‎ radīʾatayni	الرَّدِيئَتَيْنِ‎ ar-radīʾatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَرْدِئَاء‎‎; أَرْدِيَاء‎ ʾardiʾāʾ‎; ʾardiyāʾ	الْأَرْدِئَاء‎‎; الْأَرْدِيَاء‎ al-ʾardiʾāʾ‎; al-ʾardiyāʾ	رَدِيئَات‎ radīʾāt	الرَّدِيئَات‎ ar-radīʾāt
Nominative	أَرْدِئَاءُ‎‎; أَرْدِيَاءُ‎ ʾardiʾāʾu‎; ʾardiyāʾu	الْأَرْدِئَاءُ‎‎; الْأَرْدِيَاءُ‎ al-ʾardiʾāʾu‎; al-ʾardiyāʾu	رَدِيئَاتٌ‎ radīʾātun	الرَّدِيئَاتُ‎ ar-radīʾātu
Accusative	أَرْدِئَاءَ‎‎; أَرْدِيَاءَ‎ ʾardiʾāʾa‎; ʾardiyāʾa	الْأَرْدِئَاءَ‎‎; الْأَرْدِيَاءَ‎ al-ʾardiʾāʾa‎; al-ʾardiyāʾa	رَدِيئَاتٍ‎ radīʾātin	الرَّدِيئَاتِ‎ ar-radīʾāti
Genitive	أَرْدِئَاءَ‎‎; أَرْدِيَاءَ‎ ʾardiʾāʾa‎; ʾardiyāʾa	الْأَرْدِئَاءِ‎‎; الْأَرْدِيَاءِ‎ al-ʾardiʾāʾi‎; al-ʾardiyāʾi	رَدِيئَاتٍ‎ radīʾātin	الرَّدِيئَاتِ‎ ar-radīʾāti

Antonyms

• جَيِّد‎ (jayyid)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “ردأ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رديء”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ردأ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN