أجرد

Arabic

Etymology

Color or defect adjective from the root ج ر د (j-r-d).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔad͡ʒ.rad/

Adjective

أَجْرَد • (ʔajrad) (feminine جَرْدَاء (jardāʔ), common plural جُرْد (jurd))

  1. barren, bare of vegetation, without herbage
    • 2010, Fushigi Yugi (Arabic dub), episode 1, spoken by Miaka, published 2010:
      أَرْضٌ جَرْدَاء، لَا طَعَامَ وَلَا مَاء، يَا إِلٰهِي!
      ʔarḍun jardāʔ, lā ṭaʕāma walā māʔ, yā ʔilāhī!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. unarmed or unshielded, stripped of what could protect
  3. hairless, bald

Declension
Declension of adjective أَجْرَد (ʔajrad)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular diptote basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal أَجْرَد
ʔajrad		 الْأَجْرَد
al-ʔajrad		 جَرْدَاء
jardāʔ		 الْجَرْدَاء
al-jardāʔ
Nominative أَجْرَدُ
ʔajradu		 الْأَجْرَدُ
al-ʔajradu		 جَرْدَاءُ
jardāʔu		 الْجَرْدَاءُ
al-jardāʔu
Accusative أَجْرَدَ
ʔajrada		 الْأَجْرَدَ
al-ʔajrada		 جَرْدَاءَ
jardāʔa		 الْجَرْدَاءَ
al-jardāʔa
Genitive أَجْرَدَ
ʔajrada		 الْأَجْرَدِ
al-ʔajradi		 جَرْدَاءَ
jardāʔa		 الْجَرْدَاءِ
al-jardāʔi
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal أَجْرَدَيْن
ʔajradayn		 الْأَجْرَدَيْن
al-ʔajradayn		 جَرْدَاوَيْن
jardāwayn		 الْجَرْدَاوَيْن
al-jardāwayn
Nominative أَجْرَدَانِ
ʔajradāni		 الْأَجْرَدَانِ
al-ʔajradāni		 جَرْدَاوَانِ
jardāwāni		 الْجَرْدَاوَانِ
al-jardāwāni
Accusative أَجْرَدَيْنِ
ʔajradayni		 الْأَجْرَدَيْنِ
al-ʔajradayni		 جَرْدَاوَيْنِ
jardāwayni		 الْجَرْدَاوَيْنِ
al-jardāwayni
Genitive أَجْرَدَيْنِ
ʔajradayni		 الْأَجْرَدَيْنِ
al-ʔajradayni		 جَرْدَاوَيْنِ
jardāwayni		 الْجَرْدَاوَيْنِ
al-jardāwayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
basic broken plural triptote basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal جُرْد
jurd		 الْجُرْد
al-jurd		 جُرْد
jurd		 الْجُرْد
al-jurd
Nominative جُرْدٌ
jurdun		 الْجُرْدُ
al-jurdu		 جُرْدٌ
jurdun		 الْجُرْدُ
al-jurdu
Accusative جُرْدًا
jurdan		 الْجُرْدَ
al-jurda		 جُرْدًا
jurdan		 الْجُرْدَ
al-jurda
Genitive جُرْدٍ
jurdin		 الْجُرْدِ
al-jurdi		 جُرْدٍ
jurdin		 الْجُرْدِ
al-jurdi

References
  • “أجرد” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “أجرد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 264
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “أجرد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 406
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أجرد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 142
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “أجرد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 175
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