Arabic edit

Root
و ح د (w-ḥ-d)
Arabic numbers (edit)
10
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2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: وَاحِد (wāḥid)
    Ordinal: أَوَّل (ʔawwal)
    Multiplier: أُحَادِيّ (ʔuḥādiyy), مُفْرَد (mufrad), مُوَحَّد (muwaḥḥad)
    Distributive: أُحَادَ (ʔuḥāda), مَوْحَدَ (mawḥada), فُرَادَى (furādā), فُرَادَ (furāda)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḥad- ~ *waḥad- (one).

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

وَاحِد (wāḥidm (feminine وَاحِدَة (wāḥida))

  1. one
    رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا وَٱمْرَأَةً وَاحِدَةًraʔaytu rajulan wāḥidan wamraʔatan wāḥidatanI saw [only] one man and one woman.

Usage notes edit

  • The cardinal numbers "one" and "two" succeed the modified noun or substantive and agree with its grammatical gender.
  • Adding the cardinal numbers "one" and "two" is optional, since nouns have morphologically singular and dual forms. Thus, when mentioned, it usually implies some emphasis comparable to the addition of only or merely in English.

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Adjective edit

وَاحِد (wāḥid) (feminine وَاحِدَة (wāḥida), masculine plural وَاحِدُون (wāḥidūn) or وُحْدَان (wuḥdān) or أُحْدَان (ʔuḥdān))

  1. single[1]
  2. unique, incomparable[2]
  3. a certain[1]

Declension edit

Pronoun edit

وَاحِد (wāḥidm (feminine وَاحِدَة (wāḥida))

  1. someone[1]

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Maltese: wieħed
  • Azerbaijani: vahid
  • Malay: واحد

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wehr, Hans (1979) “وحد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  2. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “واحد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen

Egyptian Arabic edit

Egyptian Arabic numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: واحد
    Ordinal: أول

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

واحد (wāḥidm (feminine واحدة (waḥda))

  1. one

Malay edit

Malay cardinal numbers
 <  ٠ ١ ٢  > 
    Cardinal : واحد

Etymology edit

From Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

واحد (Rumi spelling wahid)

  1. Alternative form of احد (ahad)

Moroccan Arabic edit

Moroccan Arabic numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 1 2  → [a], [b], [c] 10  → 
    Cardinal: واحد
    Ordinal: أول

Etymology edit

From Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

واحد (wāḥidm (feminine واحدة (waḥda))

  1. one

Adjective edit

واحد (wāḥid) (feminine واحدة (waḥda), masculine plural واحدين (waḥdīn), feminine plural واحدات (waḥdāt))

  1. single

South Levantine Arabic edit

South Levantine Arabic numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 ١
1
2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: واحد
    Ordinal: أول
Root
و ح د
11 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /waː.ħad/, [ˈwaː.ħad]
  • IPA(key): /waː.ħed/, [ˈwaː.ħed]
  • Audio (Amman):(file)

Numeral edit

واحد (wāḥadm (feminine واحدة (waḥde))

  1. one

Usage notes edit

  • As in Modern Standard Arabic, there is no indefinite article; the number “one” is already implied in nouns without the definite article ال (il). In order to stress that it's only “one”, واحد (wāḥad) is used as an adjective following the noun.

Adjective edit

واحد (wāḥad) (feminine واحدة (waḥde))

  1. single

Noun edit

واحد (wāḥadm

  1. person, (after a number) people

Pronoun edit

واحد (wāḥad)

  1. one
  2. someone, anyone
    Synonym: حدا (ḥada, someone, anyone)

Urdu edit

Urdu numbers (edit)
10
۱
1
2  → [a], [b], [c] 10  → 
    Cardinal: ایک (ek)
    Ordinal: پَہْلا (pahlā), اَوَّل (avval)
    Multiplier: اِکْلَوتا (iklautā), واحِد (vāhid)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian واحد (vâhid), from Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

واحِد (vāhid) (Hindi spelling वाहिद)

  1. single