الأحد

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ء ح د (ʔ ḥ d)
3 terms

الْـ (al-) +‎ أَحَد (ʔaḥad), literally “the one”, as a phono-semantic matching of Classical Syriac ܚܰܕ ܒܫܱܒܴ݁ܐ (ḥaḏ bəšabbā, literally “the one of the week”). Displaced أَوْل (ʔawl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ʔa.ħad/

• Audio (Algeria):

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Proper noun

الْأَحَد • (al-ʔaḥad) m

1. Sunday

Declension

Declension of noun اَلْأَحَد (al-ʔaḥad)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	الْأَحَد al-ʔaḥad	—
nominative	—	الْأَحَدُ al-ʔaḥadu	—
accusative	—	الْأَحَدَ al-ʔaḥada	—
genitive	—	الْأَحَدِ al-ʔaḥadi	—
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	الْأَحَدَيْن al-ʔaḥadayn	—
nominative	—	الْأَحَدَانِ al-ʔaḥadāni	—
accusative	—	الْأَحَدَيْنِ al-ʔaḥadayni	—
genitive	—	الْأَحَدَيْنِ al-ʔaḥadayni	—
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	الْآحَاد al-ʔāḥād	—
nominative	—	الْآحَادُ al-ʔāḥādu	—
accusative	—	الْآحَادَ al-ʔāḥāda	—
genitive	—	الْآحَادِ al-ʔāḥādi	—

Synonyms

• يَوْم الْأَحَد (yawm al-ʔaḥad)

Descendants

• → Afar: acád
• → Ladino: alhad
• → Hausa: Lahadi
  • → Yoruba: Àlàádì
• → Maltese: Ħadd
• → Somali: axad

See also

• days of the week: أَيَّامُ الْأُسْبُوع (ʔayyāmu al-ʔusbūʕ) (appendix): السَّبْت (as-sabt) · الْأَحَد (al-ʔaḥad) · الْاِثْنَيْن (al-iṯnayn) · الثُّلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯulāṯāʔ) · الْأَرْبِعَاء (al-ʔarbiʕāʔ) · الْخَمِيس (al-ḵamīs) · الْجُمُعَة (al-jumuʕa) ^[edit]

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ء ح د
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic الْأَحَد (al-ʔaḥad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ʔa.ħad/

Proper noun

الأحد • (al-ʔaḥad) m

1. Sunday

See also

• days of the week: أيّام الأسبوع (ʔayyām al-ʔusbūʕ) (appendix): الأحد (al-ʔaḥad) · الاثنين (al-ʔitnēn, al-ʔiṯnēn) · الثلثا (at-tulata, aṯ-ṯulaṯa)/الثلوث (at-talūt, aṯ-ṯalūṯ) · الأربعا (al-ʔarbiʕa)/الربوع (ar-rabūʕ) · الخميس (al-ḵamīs) · الجمعة (al-jumʕa) · السبت (as-sabt) ^[edit]

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic الْأَحَد (al-ʔaḥad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il.ʔa.ħad/, [ɪlˈʔa.ħad]

• Audio (Amman):

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Proper noun

الأحد • (il-ʔaḥad) m

1. Sunday

   Synonym: يوم الأحد (yōm il-ʔaḥad)

Alternative forms

• الحد (il-ḥadd)

See also

• days of the week: أيّام الأسبوع (ʔayyām il-ʔusbūʕ) (appendix): السبت (is-sabt) · الأحد (il-ʔaḥad) · الإتنين (il-ʔitnēn) · التلاتا (it-talāta) · الأربعا (il-ʔarbiʕa) · الخميس (il-ḵamīs) · الجمعة (il-jumʕa) ^[edit]