عد

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ع د د (ʕ d d)
13 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

عَدَّ (ʕadda) I (non-past يَعُدُّ (yaʕuddu), verbal noun عَدّ (ʕadd))

  1. to count
  2. (ditransitive) to consider
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 38:62:
      وَقَالُوا مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ الْأَشْرَارِ
      waqālū mā lanā lā narā rijālan kunnā naʕudduhum mina l-ʔašrāri
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Noun

عَدّ (ʕaddm

  1. verbal noun of عَدَّ (ʕadda) (form I)
  2. counting, calculation
  3. number
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: għadd
  • > Cypriot Arabic: cadd (inherited)
  • Afar: addá

Etymology 2

Verb

عُدْ (ʕud) (form I) /ʕud/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of عَادَ (ʕāda)

Etymology 3

Verb

عِدْ (ʕid) (form I) /ʕid/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of وَعَدَ (waʕada)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “عد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 117–118
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “عد”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 187
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “عد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “عد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 816–817

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ع د د
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic عَدَّ (ʕadda).

Pronunciation

Verb

عدّ (ʕadd) I (non-past يِعُد (yiʕudd))

  1. to count

Conjugation

    Conjugation of عد (ʕadd)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عدّيت (ʕaddēt) عدّيت (ʕaddēt) عدّ (ʕadd) عدّينا (ʕaddēna) عدّيتوا (ʕaddētu) عدّوا (ʕaddu)
f عدّيتي (ʕaddēti) عدّت (ʕaddat)
non-past m أعدّ (ʔaʕudd) تعدّ (tiʕudd) يعدّ (yiʕudd) نعدّ (niʕudd) تعدّوا (tiʕuddu) يعدّوا (yiʕuddu)
f تعدّي (tiʕuddi) تعدّ (tiʕudd)
imperative m عدّ (ʕudd) عدّوا (ʕuddu)
f عدّي (ʕuddi)

See also

  • حسب (ḥasab, to calculate)

Persian

Noun

عد ('edd)

  1. a great number, a multitude

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع د د
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عَدَّ (ʕadda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕadd/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

عدّ (ʕadd) I (present بعدّ (biʕidd))

  1. to count
    Synonym: حسب (ḥasab)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of عدّ (ʕadd)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عدّيت (ʕaddēt) عدّيت (ʕaddēt) عدّ (ʕadd) عدّينا (ʕaddēna) عدّيتو (ʕaddētu) عدّو (ʕaddu)
f عدّيتي (ʕaddēti) عدّت (ʕaddat)
present m بعدّ (baʕidd) بتعدّ (bitʕidd) بعدّ (biʕidd) منعدّ (minʕidd) بتعدّو (bitʕiddu) بعدّو (biʕiddu)
f بتعدّي (bitʕiddi) بتعدّ (bitʕidd)
subjunctive m اعدّ (aʕidd) تعدّ (tʕidd) يعدّ (yʕidd) نعدّ (nʕidd) تعدّو (tʕiddu) يعدّو (yʕiddu)
f تعدّي (tʕiddi) تعدّ (tʕidd)
imperative m عدّ (ʕidd) عدّو (ʕiddu)
f عدّي (ʕiddi)