رعد

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Etymology 1

Root
ر ع د (r-ʕ-d)

Verb

رَعَدَ (raʕada) I, non-past يَرْعَدُ or يَرْعُدُ‎ (yarʕadu or yarʕudu)

  1. to thunder
    Synonym: أَرْعَدَ (ʔarʕada)
  2. to appall
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

رَعْد (raʕdm (plural رُعُود (ruʕūd))

  1. verbal noun of رَعَدَ (raʕada) (form I)
  2. thunder
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:19-20:
      أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَاتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ [] ۝ يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ ۖ كُلَّمَا أَضَاءَ لَهُمْ مَشَوْا فِيهِ وَإِذَا أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا
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    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 13:12-13:
      هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُرِيكُمُ ٱلْبَرْقَ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَيُنْشِئُ ٱلسَّحَابَ ٱلثِّقَالَ ۝ وَيُسَبِّحُ ٱلرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَٱلْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ وَيُرْسِلُ ٱلصَّوَاعِقَ فَيُصِيبُ بِهَا مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَهُمْ يُجَادِلُونَ فِي ٱللّٰهِ وَهُوَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْمِحَالِ
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Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: ragħad
  • Moroccan Arabic: رعد (raʕd)
  • Persian: رعد (ra'd)
  • Swahili: radi
See also

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَعْد (raʕd).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raʕd/
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Noun

رعد (raʕdm (plural رعود (rʕūd) or رعودة (rʕūda), diminutive رعيد (rʕiyyid))

  1. thunder

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic رَعْد (raʕd). Found widely very early on, so that Middle Persian (glʾnʾk' /⁠ɣarrānāg⁠/, thunder) is not at all attested in New Persian.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ra'd
Dari reading? ra'd
Iranian reading? ra'd
Tajik reading? raʾd

Noun

Dari رعد
Iranian Persian
Tajik раъд

رعد (ra'd)

  1. thunder
    Synonym: تندر (tondar)
    • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “Suhrāb”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎:
      چو آواز او رعد غرنده نیست
      چو بازوی او تیغ برنده نیست
      čō āwāz-i ō ra'd ğurranda nēst
      čō bāzū-yi ō tēğ burranda nēst
      Thunder does not roar as well as his shouts,
      The blade does not cut as well as his arms.
      (Classical Persian romanization)

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