أسود

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Color or defect adjective from the root س و د (s-w-d).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔas.wad/
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Adjective

أَسْوَد (ʔaswad) (feminine سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ), common plural سُود (sūd) or سُودَان (sūdān))

  1. black
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ar:black
    رَجُل أَسْوَدrajul ʔaswada black man
    عُصْفُورَة سَوْدَاءʕuṣfūra(t) sawdāʔa black bird
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Maltese: iswed
  • Ottoman Turkish: اسود (esved)

Noun

أَسْوَد (ʔaswadm (plural سُود (sūd) or سُودَان (sūdān))

  1. black person
Usage notes
  • Inoffensive, especially as an adjective or in the plural.
Declension

See also

Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان (ʔalwān) (layout · text)
     أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ), أَشْيَب (ʔašyab)      رَمَادِيّ (ramādiyy), أَشْهَب (ʔašhab), أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar), أَعْفَر (ʔaʕfar), رَصَاصِيّ (raṣāṣiyy)      أَسْوَد (ʔaswad), غِرْبِيب (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ (ʔaḥamm), أَدْهَم (ʔadham)
             أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar), أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab); قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)              أَمْغَر (ʔamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy); بُنِّيّ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر (ʔasmar), أَشْعَل (ʔašʕal), أَشْهَل (ʔašhal)              أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar), أَشْقَر (ʔašqar); قِشْدِيّ (qišdiyy)
             لِيمِيّ (līmiyy)              أَخْضَر (ʔaḵḍar), أَحْوَى (ʔaḥwā)              نَعْنَاعِيّ (naʕnāʕiyy), زُمُرُّدِيّ‎ (zumurrudiyy)
             سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ (šaršīriyy)              لَازُوَرْدِيّ (lāzuwardiyy), بَحْرِيّ‎ (baḥriyy)              أَزْرَق (ʔazraq)
             بَنَفْسَجِيّ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ (nīliyy)              فُوشِيّ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ (ʔurjuwāniyy)              وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ (zahriyy)

Etymology 2

Root
س و د (s-w-d)

Elative of سَيِّد (sayyid, liberal, generous; noble, high-born; wise).

Pronunciation

Adjective

أَسْوَد (ʔaswad) (masculine plural أَسَاوِد (ʔasāwid))

  1. elative degree of سَيِّد (sayyid):
    1. more liberal, more generous; most liberal, most generous
    2. nobler, more high-born; noblest, most high-born
    3. wiser; wisest
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

أُسُود (ʔusūdm pl

  1. plural of أَسَد (ʔasad): lions

References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س و د
1 term
فستان أسودa black dress

Etymology

From Arabic أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).

Pronunciation

Adjective

أسود (ʔaswad) (feminine سودا (sōda), common plural سود (sūd))

  1. black

See also

Colors · الألوان (il-ʔalwān)
     أبيض (ʔabyaḍ, white)      أسود (ʔaswad, black)
          أحمر (ʔaḥmar, red), خمري (ḵamri, crimson)      رمادي (ramādi, grey), سكني (sakani, grey)
          بردقاني (burdʔāni, orange), بني (binni, brown)      أصفر (ʔaṣfar, yellow)
     أخضر (ʔaḵḍar, green)           أزرق (ʔazraʔ, blue), كحلي (kuḥli, navy)
     بنفسجي (banafsaji, violet), نهدي (nahdi, purple)      زهري (zahri, pink), ليلكي (lēlaki, lilac)

Sudanese Arabic

Root
س و د
1 term
أسود

Etymology

From Arabic أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).

Pronunciation

Adjective

أسود ('aswad) (feminine سودا, plural سود)

  1. black

Noun

أسود ('aswadm.

  1. eggplant

Descendants

Further reading

  • أسود” in The Living Arabic Project