Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
غ ر د (ḡ-r-d)

Pronunciation edit

  • Verb I: IPA(key): /ɣa.ri.da/
  • Verb II: IPA(key): /ɣar.ra.da/
  • Verbal noun of verb I: IPA(key): /ɣa.rad/

Verb edit

غَرِدَ (ḡarida) I, non-past يَغْرَدُ‎ (yaḡradu)

  1. to chirp, to sing, to trill, to warble
Conjugation edit

Verb edit

غَرَّدَ (ḡarrada) II, non-past يُغَرِّدُ‎ (yuḡarridu)

  1. to tweet, to warble
  2. to modulate or fluctuate in frequency
  3. (Internet) to tweet (to post on Twitter)
Conjugation edit

Noun edit

غَرَد (ḡaradm

  1. verbal noun of غَرِدَ (ḡarida) (form I)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

 
غُرْد

From the root غ ر د (ḡ-r-d) in the sense of warbling or fluctuating, in reference to the changing and shifting of the sand.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

غُرْد (ḡurdm (plural غُرُود (ḡurūd))

  1. dune, specifically a shifting dune
Declension edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
غ ر د
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic غَرَّدَ (ḡarrada).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɣar.rad/, [ˈɣar.rad]
  • (file)

Verb edit

غرّد (ḡarrad) II (present بغرّد (biḡarred))

  1. (of a bird) to sing, to tweet, to chirp

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of غرّد (ḡarrad)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m غرّدت (ḡarradt) غرّدت (ḡarradt) غرّد (ḡarrad) غرّدنا (ḡarradna) غرّدتو (ḡarradtu) غرّدو (ḡarradu)
f غرّدتي (ḡarradti) غرّدت (ḡarradat)
present m بغرّد (baḡarred) بتغرّد (bitḡarred) بغرّد (biḡarred) منغرّد (minḡarred) بتغرّدو (bitḡarrdu) بغرّدو (biḡarrdu)
f بتغرّدي (bitḡarrdi) بتغرّد (bitḡarred)
subjunctive m اغرّد (aḡarred) تغرّد (tḡarred) يغرّد (yḡarred) نغرّد (nḡarred) تغرّدو (tḡarrdu) يغرّدو (yḡarrdu)
f تغرّدي (tḡarrdi) تغرّد (tḡarred)
imperative m غرّد (ḡarred) غرّدو (ḡarrdu)
f غرّدي (ḡarrdi)