جداد

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aramaic גדאדא / ܓܕܕܐ (gḏāḏā, threads, webbings).

Alternative forms

Noun

جُدَّاد (juddādm

  1. (obsolete, rare) threads, webbing, old fibres or clothes
    • a. 1782, الكيذاوي, شغف القلب اشتياقا ونهك …:
      غَادِرَ الْقَلْبَ كَئِيباً لِلْهَوَى
      فِيهِ آثَارُ جُدَّادٍ وَشِكَكٍ
      ḡādira l-qalba kaʔīban lilhawā
      fīhi ʔāṯāru juddādin wašikakin
      parted from the heart depressed due to its dotage
      There being left remnants of threads and wedges
Declension

Etymology 2

Seemingly from Aramaic גדאדא / ܓܕܕܐ (gḏāḏā, cutting off), the same as جُدَّاد (juddād, threads, cut off fibres) above.

Noun

جِدَاد (jidādm

  1. (obsolete, rare) the cutting palms or their fruits off
Declension

Etymology 3

Root
ج د د (j d d)
15 terms

Occupational noun

Noun

جَدَّاد (jaddādm

  1. wine trader
Declension

Etymology 4

Root
ج د د (j d d)
15 terms

Noun

جِدَاد (jidādf pl

  1. plural of جَدُود (jadūd)

References

  • gdd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 256
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1915), in: Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 444
  • Ullmann, Manfred (1959–1970) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band I (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 78b