Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ز ي د (z y d)
11 terms

Derived from the active participle of زَادَ (zāda, to increase (intransitive)).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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زَائِد (zāʔid) (feminine زَائِدَة (zāʔida), masculine plural زَائِدُونَ (zāʔidūna), feminine plural زَائِدَات (zāʔidāt))

  1. increasing, growing
  2. excessive
  3. exceeding (something), in excess (عَن (ʕan) of)
  4. extra, additional

Declension

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “زيد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN