جدوى

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒad.waː/

Noun

جَدْوَى • (jadwā) f (plural جَدْوَيَات (jadwayāt))

1. avail, benefit

   بِدُونِ جَدْوَى ― bidūni jadwā ― to no avail, in vain

   بِلَا جَدْوَى ― bilā jadwā ― to no avail, in vain

   • 2017 October 27, “مجلس الشيوخ الاسباني يقر وضع كاتالونيا تحت وصاية مدريد”, in Al-Quds‎, archived from the original on 27 October 2017:

     وَسَبَقَ أَنْ وَضَعَتِ ٱلْحُكُومَةُ مَالِيَّةَ ٱلْإِقْلِيمِ تَحْتَ ٱلْوِصَايَةِ فِي أَيْلُولَ (سِبْتَمْبَرَ) ٱلْمَاضِي فِي مُحَاوَلَةٍ، لٰكِنْ بِدُونِ جَدَوَى.

     wasabaqa ʔan waḍaʕati l-ḥukūmatu māliyyata l-ʔiqlīmi taḥta l-wiṣāyati fī ʔaylūla (sibtambara) l-māḍī fī muḥāwalatin, lākin bidūni jadawā.

     And it preceded that the financial administration of the region was put under superintendence in past September in a bid, but to no avail.

   • 2018 July 18, “ar: الرئيس عون يؤكد ضرورة التواصل الرسمي بين لبنان و سوريا”, in Muraselon‎:

     وَتَابَعَ قَائِلًا “هُوَ حِوَارٌ لَا يَخُوضُ فِي أَيِّ شَأْنٍ سِيَاسِيٍّ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ أَثْبَتَ جَدْوَاهُ فِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ أَوْجَبَ حَلُّ مُشْكِلَةٍ أَمْنِيَّةٍ خُصُوصًا ٱلتَّعْوِيلُ عَلَى قَنَاةِ ٱلتَّوَاصُلِ”.

     watābaʕa qāʔilan “huwa ḥiwārun lā yaḵūḍu fī ʔayyi šaʔnin siyāsiyyin, ʔillā ʔannahu ʔaṯbata jadwāhu fī kulli marratin ʔawjaba ḥallu muškilatin ʔamniyyatin ḵuṣūṣan t-taʕwīlu ʕalā qanāti t-tawāṣuli”.

     He continued saying “the discussion did not treat any political matter, but it proved its usefulness every time the solution of a security problem was necessitated, particularly the reliance on a channel of communication.”

Declension

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: جدوى (cedvâ)