سيد

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Arabic

Root
س و د (s w d)
17 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *swd-. Cognate with Imperial Aramaic 𐡎𐡅𐡃 (swd), 𐡎𐡉𐡃 (syd, to have lordship).

Pronunciation

Noun

سَيِّد (sayyidm (plural سَيِّدُون (sayyidūn) or سَادَة (sāda) or أَسْيَاد (ʔasyād), feminine سَيِّدَة (sayyida))

  1. master, lord, prince
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 33:67:
      وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّا أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَاءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا السَّبِيلَا
      waqālū rabbanā ʔinnā ʔaṭaʕnā sādatanā wakubarāʔanā faʔaḍallūnā s-sabīlā
      Pickthall: And they say: Our Lord! Lo! we obeyed our princes and great men, and they misled us from the Way.
    • (Can we date this quote?), محمد بنيس [Mohammed Bennis], مَا بَنَاهُ الْأَقْدَمُونَ [mā banāhu l-ʔaqdamūna]‎:
      هُنَالِكَ سَيِّدُونَ عَلَى الْبَسِيطَة
      تَائِهُون
      hunālika sayyidūna ʕalā l-basīṭa(t)
      tāʔihūn
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. mister
  3. sir
  4. Sayyid (title of a male descendant of Mohammed)

Declension

Descendants

  • Japanese: サイイド (saiido)
  • Maltese: sid
  • Mozarabic: סדילה (sdylh)
  • Spanish: Cid, Çid (obsolete)
  • Persian: سید (seyyed)
  • Urdu: سید (sed)

References

Adjective

سَيِّد (sayyid) (feminine سَيِّدَة (sayyida) or سَيِّد (sayyid), masculine plural سَادَة (sāda) or أَسْيَاد (ʔasyād), elative أَسْوَد (ʔaswad))

  1. liberal, generous
  2. noble, high-born
  3. wise

Declension

References

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid).

Pronunciation 1

Noun

سيد (sīdm (construct state سيدو (sīdu), plural أسياد (ʔasyād), feminine ست (sitt))

  1. grandfather
    Synonym: جَدّ (jadd)

Pronunciation 2

Noun

سيد (sayyidm (plural سادة (sāda))

  1. (archaic) A title given to male descendants of the prophet Muhammad.
    Synonym: شَريف (šarīf)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siːd/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

سيد (sīdm (plural أسياد (ʔasyād), feminine ست (sitt))

  1. master, lord
  2. grandfather
    Synonym: جد (jidd)