سيد

See also: سید

Arabic

Root
س و د (s-w-d)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saj.jid/

Noun

سَيِّد • (sayyid) m (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.

2. mister
3. sir
4. Sayyid (title of a male descendant of Mohammed)

Declension

Declension of noun سَيِّد (sayyid)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيِّد sayyid	السَّيِّد as-sayyid	سَيِّد sayyid	سَيِّدَة sayyida	السَّيِّدَة as-sayyida	سَيِّدَة sayyidat
Nominative	سَيِّدٌ sayyidun	السَّيِّدُ as-sayyidu	سَيِّدُ sayyidu	سَيِّدَةٌ sayyidatun	السَّيِّدَةُ as-sayyidatu	سَيِّدَةُ sayyidatu
Accusative	سَيِّدًا sayyidan	السَّيِّدَ as-sayyida	سَيِّدَ sayyida	سَيِّدَةً sayyidatan	السَّيِّدَةَ as-sayyidata	سَيِّدَةَ sayyidata
Genitive	سَيِّدٍ sayyidin	السَّيِّدِ as-sayyidi	سَيِّدِ sayyidi	سَيِّدَةٍ sayyidatin	السَّيِّدَةِ as-sayyidati	سَيِّدَةِ sayyidati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيِّدَيْن sayyidayn	السَّيِّدَيْن as-sayyidayn	سَيِّدَيْ sayyiday	سَيِّدَتَيْن sayyidatayn	السَّيِّدَتَيْن as-sayyidatayn	سَيِّدَتَيْ sayyidatay
Nominative	سَيِّدَانِ sayyidāni	السَّيِّدَانِ as-sayyidāni	سَيِّدَا sayyidā	سَيِّدَتَانِ sayyidatāni	السَّيِّدَتَانِ as-sayyidatāni	سَيِّدَتَا sayyidatā
Accusative	سَيِّدَيْنِ sayyidayni	السَّيِّدَيْنِ as-sayyidayni	سَيِّدَيْ sayyiday	سَيِّدَتَيْنِ sayyidatayni	السَّيِّدَتَيْنِ as-sayyidatayni	سَيِّدَتَيْ sayyidatay
Genitive	سَيِّدَيْنِ sayyidayni	السَّيِّدَيْنِ as-sayyidayni	سَيِّدَيْ sayyiday	سَيِّدَتَيْنِ sayyidatayni	السَّيِّدَتَيْنِ as-sayyidatayni	سَيِّدَتَيْ sayyidatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيِّدِين‎; سَادَة‎; أَسْيَاد sayyidīn‎; sāda‎; ʔasyād	السَّيِّدِين‎; السَّادَة‎; الْأَسْيَاد as-sayyidīn‎; as-sāda‎; al-ʔasyād	سَيِّدِي‎; سَادَة‎; أَسْيَاد sayyidī‎; sādat‎; ʔasyād	سَيِّدَات sayyidāt	السَّيِّدَات as-sayyidāt	سَيِّدَات sayyidāt
Nominative	سَيِّدُونَ‎; سَادَةٌ‎; أَسْيَادٌ sayyidūna‎; sādatun‎; ʔasyādun	السَّيِّدُونَ‎; السَّادَةُ‎; الْأَسْيَادُ as-sayyidūna‎; as-sādatu‎; al-ʔasyādu	سَيِّدُو‎; سَادَةُ‎; أَسْيَادُ sayyidū‎; sādatu‎; ʔasyādu	سَيِّدَاتٌ sayyidātun	السَّيِّدَاتُ as-sayyidātu	سَيِّدَاتُ sayyidātu
Accusative	سَيِّدِينَ‎; سَادَةً‎; أَسْيَادًا sayyidīna‎; sādatan‎; ʔasyādan	السَّيِّدِينَ‎; السَّادَةَ‎; الْأَسْيَادَ as-sayyidīna‎; as-sādata‎; al-ʔasyāda	سَيِّدِي‎; سَادَةَ‎; أَسْيَادَ sayyidī‎; sādata‎; ʔasyāda	سَيِّدَاتٍ sayyidātin	السَّيِّدَاتِ as-sayyidāti	سَيِّدَاتِ sayyidāti
Genitive	سَيِّدِينَ‎; سَادَةٍ‎; أَسْيَادٍ sayyidīna‎; sādatin‎; ʔasyādin	السَّيِّدِينَ‎; السَّادَةِ‎; الْأَسْيَادِ as-sayyidīna‎; as-sādati‎; al-ʔasyādi	سَيِّدِي‎; سَادَةِ‎; أَسْيَادِ sayyidī‎; sādati‎; ʔasyādi	سَيِّدَاتٍ sayyidātin	السَّيِّدَاتِ as-sayyidāti	سَيِّدَاتِ sayyidāti

Descendants

• Maltese: sid
• →⇒ Mozarabic: סדילה (sdylh)
• → Spanish: Cid, Çid
• → Persian: سید (seyyed)
• → Urdu: سید (sed)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “سيد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سيد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

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

Declension of noun سَيِّد (sayyid)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيِّد sayyid	السَّيِّد as-sayyid	سَيِّد sayyid
Nominative	سَيِّدٌ sayyidun	السَّيِّدُ as-sayyidu	سَيِّدُ sayyidu
Accusative	سَيِّدًا sayyidan	السَّيِّدَ as-sayyida	سَيِّدَ sayyida
Genitive	سَيِّدٍ sayyidin	السَّيِّدِ as-sayyidi	سَيِّدِ sayyidi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيِّدَيْن sayyidayn	السَّيِّدَيْن as-sayyidayn	سَيِّدَيْ sayyiday
Nominative	سَيِّدَانِ sayyidāni	السَّيِّدَانِ as-sayyidāni	سَيِّدَا sayyidā
Accusative	سَيِّدَيْنِ sayyidayni	السَّيِّدَيْنِ as-sayyidayni	سَيِّدَيْ sayyiday
Genitive	سَيِّدَيْنِ sayyidayni	السَّيِّدَيْنِ as-sayyidayni	سَيِّدَيْ sayyiday
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَادَة‎; أَسْيَاد sāda‎; ʔasyād	السَّادَة‎; الْأَسْيَاد as-sāda‎; al-ʔasyād	سَادَة‎; أَسْيَاد sādat‎; ʔasyād
Nominative	سَادَةٌ‎; أَسْيَادٌ sādatun‎; ʔasyādun	السَّادَةُ‎; الْأَسْيَادُ as-sādatu‎; al-ʔasyādu	سَادَةُ‎; أَسْيَادُ sādatu‎; ʔasyādu
Accusative	سَادَةً‎; أَسْيَادًا sādatan‎; ʔasyādan	السَّادَةَ‎; الْأَسْيَادَ as-sādata‎; al-ʔasyāda	سَادَةَ‎; أَسْيَادَ sādata‎; ʔasyāda
Genitive	سَادَةٍ‎; أَسْيَادٍ sādatin‎; ʔasyādin	السَّادَةِ‎; الْأَسْيَادِ as-sādati‎; al-ʔasyādi	سَادَةِ‎; أَسْيَادِ sādati‎; ʔasyādi

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “سيد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سيد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “سود”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid).

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /siːd/

Noun

سيد • (sīd) m (construct state سيدو (sīdu), plural أسياد (ʔasyād), feminine ست (sitt))

1. grandfather

   Synonym: جَدّ (jadd)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /saj.jid/

Noun

سيد • (sayyid) m (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/, [siːd]

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Noun

سيد • (sīd) m (plural أسياد (ʔasyād), feminine ست (sitt))

1. master, lord
2. grandfather

   Synonym: جد (jidd)