أحد

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See also: احد, أخذ, أجد, اخذ, and آخذ

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ء ح د (ʔ ḥ d)
4 terms

Related to the root و ح د (w-ḥ-d) of وَاحِد (wāḥid, one), from Proto-Semitic *ʾaḥad-. Cognate with Hebrew אֶחָד (ekhád, one).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.ħad/
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Noun

أَحَد (ʔaḥadm (plural آحَاد (ʔāḥād), feminine إِحْدَى (ʔiḥdā))

  1. one
    أَحَدٌ وَعِشْرُونَʾaḥadun wa-ʿišrūnatwenty-one (literally, “one and twenty”)
    إِحْدَى وَعِشْرُونَʾiḥdā wa-ʿišrūnatwenty-one (literally, “one and twenty”)
    أَحَدَ عَشَرَʔaḥada ʕašaraeleven
    إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَʔiḥdā ʕašrataeleven
  2. one of
Declension

Noun

أَحَد (ʔaḥadm (plural آحَاد (ʔāḥād) or أُحْدَان (ʔuḥdān))

  1. Sunday
Declension

Noun

أَحَد (ʔaḥadm

  1. (chiefly in the negative) a person; somebody, someone; anybody, anyone
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 112:1-4:
      قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
      qul huwa l-lahu ʔaḥadun l-lahu ṣ-ṣamadu lam yalid walam yūlad walam yakun lahū kufuwan ʔaḥadun
      Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “He is Allah—One ˹and Indivisible˺; Allah—the Sustainer ˹needed by all˺. He has never had offspring, nor was He born. And there is none comparable to Him.

Adjective

أَحَد (ʔaḥad)

  1. one
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 112:1-4:
      قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
      qul huwa l-lahu ʔaḥadun l-lahu ṣ-ṣamadu lam yalid walam yūlad walam yakun lahū kufuwan ʔaḥadun
      Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “He is Allah—One ˹and Indivisible˺; Allah—the Sustainer ˹needed by all˺. He has never had offspring, nor was He born. And there is none comparable to Him.
Derived terms

Etymology 1.2

Verb

أحد (form I)

  1. أَحِدُ (ʔaḥidu) /ʔa.ħi.du/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of وَحَدَ (waḥada)
  2. أَحِدَ (ʔaḥida) /ʔa.ħi.da/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of وَحَدَ (waḥada)
  3. أَحِدْ (ʔaḥid) /ʔa.ħid/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of وَحَدَ (waḥada)

Etymology 2.1

Root
ح د د (ḥ d d)
10 terms

Verb

أَحَدَّ (ʔaḥadda) IV (non-past يُحِدُّ (yuḥiddu), verbal noun إِحْدَاد (ʔiḥdād))

  1. to sharpen
Conjugation

Etymology 2.2

Elative of حَادّ (ḥādd, sharp, vehement) and حَدّ (ḥadd, violent, passionate).

Pronunciation

Adjective

أَحَدّ (ʔaḥadd) (feminine حُدَّى (ḥuddā), masculine plural أَحَدُّون (ʔaḥaddūn) or أَحَادّ (ʔaḥādd), feminine plural حُدَّيَات (ḥuddayāt))

  1. elative degree of حَادّ (ḥādd):
    1. more acute, sharper, more cutting; most acute, sharpest, most cutting; very acute, sharp or cutting
    2. more vehement; most vehement; very vehement
  2. elative degree of حَدّ (ḥadd):
    1. more violent, more passionate; most violent, most passionate; very violent, very passionate
  3. fierce
  4. (wolf) with sharp teeth
Declension

Etymology 2.3

Verb

أحد (form I)

  1. أَحُدُّ (ʔaḥuddu) /ʔa.ħud.du/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَدَّ (ḥadda)
  2. أُحَدُّ (ʔuḥaddu) /ʔu.ħad.du/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَدَّ (ḥadda)
  3. أَحُدَّ (ʔaḥudda) /ʔa.ħud.da/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive of حَدَّ (ḥadda)
  4. أُحَدَّ (ʔuḥadda) /ʔu.ħad.da/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive of حَدَّ (ḥadda)
  5. أَحُدِّ (ʔaḥuddi) /ʔa.ħud.di/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَدَّ (ḥadda)
  6. أُحَدِّ (ʔuḥaddi) /ʔu.ħad.di/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of حَدَّ (ḥadda)
  7. أَحِدُّ (ʔaḥiddu) /ʔa.ħid.du/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَدَّ (ḥadda)
  8. أَحِدَّ (ʔaḥidda) /ʔa.ħid.da/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive of حَدَّ (ḥadda)
  9. أَحِدِّ (ʔaḥiddi) /ʔa.ħid.di/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَدَّ (ḥadda)

Etymology 3

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Proper noun

أُحُد (ʔuḥudm

  1. a mountain north of Medina, Saudi Arabia
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