رديء
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
| Root |
|---|
| ر د ء (r-d-ʔ) |
Compare رَدُؤَ (raduʔa, “to be bad”).
Adjective edit
رَدِيء • (radīʔ) (feminine رَدِيئَة (radīʔa), masculine plural أَرْدِئَاء (ʔardiʔāʔ) or أَرْدِيَاء (ʔardiyāʔ), elative أَرْدَأ (ʔardaʔ))
- bad, evil, wicked, corrupt, depraved
- worthless, of no rank, of no estimation
- low, ignoble, vile, mean
- vicious
- disapproved, disliked, hated, abominable
- weak, impotent
Declension edit
Declension of adjective رَدِيء (radīʔ)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | رَدِيء radīʔ |
الرَّدِيء ar-radīʔ |
رَدِيئَة radīʔa |
الرَّدِيئَة ar-radīʔa |
| Nominative | رَدِيءٌ radīʔun |
الرَّدِيءُ ar-radīʔu |
رَدِيئَةٌ radīʔatun |
الرَّدِيئَةُ ar-radīʔatu |
| Accusative | رَدِيئًا radīʔan |
الرَّدِيءَ ar-radīʔa |
رَدِيئَةً radīʔatan |
الرَّدِيئَةَ ar-radīʔata |
| Genitive | رَدِيءٍ radīʔin |
الرَّدِيءِ ar-radīʔi |
رَدِيئَةٍ radīʔatin |
الرَّدِيئَةِ ar-radīʔati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | رَدِيئَيْن radīʔayn |
الرَّدِيئَيْن ar-radīʔayn |
رَدِيئَتَيْن radīʔatayn |
الرَّدِيئَتَيْن ar-radīʔatayn |
| Nominative | رَدِيئَانِ radīʔāni |
الرَّدِيئَانِ ar-radīʔāni |
رَدِيئَتَانِ radīʔatāni |
الرَّدِيئَتَانِ ar-radīʔatāni |
| Accusative | رَدِيئَيْنِ radīʔayni |
الرَّدِيئَيْنِ ar-radīʔayni |
رَدِيئَتَيْنِ radīʔatayni |
الرَّدِيئَتَيْنِ ar-radīʔatayni |
| Genitive | رَدِيئَيْنِ radīʔayni |
الرَّدِيئَيْنِ ar-radīʔayni |
رَدِيئَتَيْنِ radīʔatayni |
الرَّدِيئَتَيْنِ ar-radīʔatayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| basic broken plural diptote | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَرْدِئَاء; أَرْدِيَاء ʔardiʔāʔ; ʔardiyāʔ |
الْأَرْدِئَاء; الْأَرْدِيَاء al-ʔardiʔāʔ; al-ʔardiyāʔ |
رَدِيئَات radīʔāt |
الرَّدِيئَات ar-radīʔāt |
| Nominative | أَرْدِئَاءُ; أَرْدِيَاءُ ʔardiʔāʔu; ʔardiyāʔu |
الْأَرْدِئَاءُ; الْأَرْدِيَاءُ al-ʔardiʔāʔu; al-ʔardiyāʔu |
رَدِيئَاتٌ radīʔātun |
الرَّدِيئَاتُ ar-radīʔātu |
| Accusative | أَرْدِئَاءَ; أَرْدِيَاءَ ʔardiʔāʔa; ʔardiyāʔa |
الْأَرْدِئَاءَ; الْأَرْدِيَاءَ al-ʔardiʔāʔa; al-ʔardiyāʔa |
رَدِيئَاتٍ radīʔātin |
الرَّدِيئَاتِ ar-radīʔāti |
| Genitive | أَرْدِئَاءَ; أَرْدِيَاءَ ʔardiʔāʔa; ʔardiyāʔa |
الْأَرْدِئَاءِ; الْأَرْدِيَاءِ al-ʔardiʔāʔi; al-ʔardiyāʔi |
رَدِيئَاتٍ radīʔātin |
الرَّدِيئَاتِ ar-radīʔāti |
Antonyms edit
- جَيِّد (jayyid)
References edit
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “ردأ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رديء”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[2], London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ردأ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN