See also: شدید

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root ش د د (š-d-d).

Adjective edit

شَدِيد (šadīd) (feminine شَدِيدَة (šadīda), common plural شِدَاد (šidād), masculine plural شَدِيدُونَ (šadīdūna) or أَشِدَّاء (ʔašiddāʔ), feminine plural شَدِيدَات (šadīdāt) or شَدَائِد (šadāʔid), elative أَشَدّ (ʔašadd))

  1. violent, strong, intense, severe, hard, difficult, acute, extreme
  2. vigorous, powerful
  3. persevering, firm
  4. avaricious
  5. thick, tight
  6. oppressive
  7. (phonetics) plosive
    • (Can we date this quote?), Sibawayh, “باب عدد الحروف العربية ومخارجها ومهموسها ومجهورها وأحوال مهموسها ومجهورها واختلافها”, in Al-Kitab:
      وَمِنَ ٱلْحُرُوفِ ٱلشَّدِيدُ، وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يَمْنَعُ ٱلصَّوْتَ أَنْ يَجْرِيَ فِيهِ، وَهُوَ ٱلْهَمْزَةُ وَٱلْقَافُ وَٱلْكَافُ وَٱلْجِيمُ وَٱلطَّاءُ وَٱلتَّاء وَٱلدَّالُ وَٱلْبَاءُ. وَذَلِكَ أَنَّكَ لَوْ قُلْتَ ”أَلْحَجْ“ ثُمَّ مَدَدْتَ صَوْتَكَ لَمْ يَجْرِ ذَلِكَ.
      wamina l-ḥurūfi š-šadīdu, wahuwa llaḏī yamnaʕu ṣ-ṣawta ʔan yajriya fīhi, wahuwa l-hamzatu wal-qāfu wal-kāfu wal-jīmu waṭ-ṭāʔu wat-tāʔ wad-dālu wal-bāʔu. waḏalika ʔannaka law qulta ”ʔalḥaj“ ṯumma madadta ṣawtaka lam yajri ḏalika.
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Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Ottoman Turkish: شدید (şedid)
  • Persian: شدید (šadid)

References edit

Sudanese Arabic edit

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

شديد (šadīd)

  1. very