See also: أقاد

Arabic edit

Root
ف ي د (f-y-d)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

أَفَادَ (ʔafāda) IV, non-past يُفِيدُ‎ (yufīdu)

  1. (transitive) to benefit, be helpful, useful, beneficial, profitable, advantageous for
  2. (intransitive) to derive benefit, profit, or advantage; to profit, benefit: with مِنْ (min, from)
    Synonym: اِسْتَفَاد (istafād)
  3. (transitive, ditransitive) to notify, advise, acquaint, inform, let know: with the person in the accusative case and with the thing in the accusative or in a prepositional phrase with بِـ (bi-), or with the thing expressed by a statement (noun phrase) headed by أَنَّ (ʔanna, that) or بِأَنَّ (biʔanna)
  4. (transitive) to get, acquire, gain, win

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “(فيد)”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ف ي د
2 terms

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَفَادَ (ʔafāda).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.faːd/, [ʔaˈfæːd]
  • (file)

Verb edit

أفاد (ʔafād) IV (present بفيد (bifīd))

  1. to be useful or beneficial

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of أفاد (ʔafād)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m أفدت (ʔafadt) أفدت (ʔafadt) أفاد (ʔafād) أفدنا (ʔafadna) أفدتو (ʔafadtu) أفادو (ʔafādu)
f أفدتي (ʔafadti) أفادت (ʔafādat)
present m بفيد (bafīd) بتفيد (bitfīd) بفيد (bifīd) منفيد (minfīd) بتفيدو (bitfīdu) بفيدو (bifīdu)
f بتفيدي (bitfīdi) بتفيد (bitfīd)
subjunctive m افيد (afīd) تفيد (tfīd) يفيد (yfīd) نفيد (nfīd) تفيدو (tfīdu) يفيدو (yfīdu)
f تفيدي (tfīdi) تفيد (tfīd)
imperative m فيد (fīd) فيدو (fīdu)
f فيدي (fīdi)