بارد

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ب ر د (b r d)
9 terms

Derived from the active participle of بَرَدَ (barada, “to be cold, to freeze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baː.rid/

• Audio:

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Adjective

بَارِد • (bārid) (feminine بَارِدَة (bārida), masculine plural بَارِدُونَ (bāridūna), feminine plural بَارِدَات (bāridāt), elative أَبْرَد (ʔabrad))

1. cold, cooling
2. dull, slow
3. poor (wit, poetry)
4. incontestable (right)
5. safely placed (money)

Declension

Declension of adjective بَارِد (bārid)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	بَارِد bārid	الْبَارِد al-bārid	بَارِدَة bārida	الْبَارِدَة al-bārida
nominative	بَارِدٌ bāridun	الْبَارِدُ al-bāridu	بَارِدَةٌ bāridatun	الْبَارِدَةُ al-bāridatu
accusative	بَارِدًا bāridan	الْبَارِدَ al-bārida	بَارِدَةً bāridatan	الْبَارِدَةَ al-bāridata
genitive	بَارِدٍ bāridin	الْبَارِدِ al-bāridi	بَارِدَةٍ bāridatin	الْبَارِدَةِ al-bāridati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	بَارِدَيْن bāridayn	الْبَارِدَيْن al-bāridayn	بَارِدَتَيْن bāridatayn	الْبَارِدَتَيْن al-bāridatayn
nominative	بَارِدَانِ bāridāni	الْبَارِدَانِ al-bāridāni	بَارِدَتَانِ bāridatāni	الْبَارِدَتَانِ al-bāridatāni
accusative	بَارِدَيْنِ bāridayni	الْبَارِدَيْنِ al-bāridayni	بَارِدَتَيْنِ bāridatayni	الْبَارِدَتَيْنِ al-bāridatayni
genitive	بَارِدَيْنِ bāridayni	الْبَارِدَيْنِ al-bāridayni	بَارِدَتَيْنِ bāridatayni	الْبَارِدَتَيْنِ al-bāridatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	بَارِدِين bāridīn	الْبَارِدِين al-bāridīn	بَارِدَات bāridāt	الْبَارِدَات al-bāridāt
nominative	بَارِدُونَ bāridūna	الْبَارِدُونَ al-bāridūna	بَارِدَاتٌ bāridātun	الْبَارِدَاتُ al-bāridātu
accusative	بَارِدِينَ bāridīna	الْبَارِدِينَ al-bāridīna	بَارِدَاتٍ bāridātin	الْبَارِدَاتِ al-bāridāti
genitive	بَارِدِينَ bāridīna	الْبَارِدِينَ al-bāridīna	بَارِدَاتٍ bāridātin	الْبَارِدَاتِ al-bāridāti

Descendants

• Maltese: biered
• Moroccan Arabic: بارد (bāred)
• → Swahili: baridi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بارد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ب ر د
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَارِد (bārid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baː.rid/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

بارد • (bārid) (feminine باردة (bārda), common plural براد (brād), masculine plural باردين (bārdīn), feminine plural باردات (bārdāt), elative أبرد (ʔabrad) or برد (brad))

1. cold
2. dull

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ر د
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَارِد (bārid). Equivalent to the active participle of برد (barad, “to become cold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baː.red/, [ˈbæː.rɪd]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Adjective

بارد • (bāred) (feminine باردة (bārde), common plural باردين (bārdīn), elative أبرد (ʔabrad))

1. cold

   الطقس بارد. ― iṭ-ṭaʔs bāred ― The weather is cold.

2. unemotional, cold-hearted
3. sluggish

   Synonym: خامل (ḵāmel)

Usage notes

• When describing the weather with الدنيا (id-dinya), the noun برد (bard) is used instead.

See also

Temperature · حرارة (ḥarāra)
	Cold	Warm	Hot	Hot (Weather)	Very Hot
Noun	برد (bard)	دفا (dafa)	حرّ (ḥarr)	شوب (šōb)	حمّ (ḥamm)
Verb	برد (barad)	دفي (difi)	سخن (saḵan)	شوّب (šawwab)	حمي (ḥimi)
Adjective	بارد (bāred)	دافي (dāfi)	سخن (suḵn), حارّ (ḥārr)	مشوّب (mšawweb)	حامي (ḥāmi)
Feeling	بردان (bardān)	دفيان (dafyān)		شوبان (šōbān)	حميان (ḥamyān)