عروض

Arabic

Root
ع ر ض (ʕ-r-ḍ)

Noun

عُرُوض • (ʕurūḍ) pl

1. plural of عَرْض (ʕarḍ)

Noun

عَرُوض • (ʕarūḍ) m (plural أَعَارِيض (ʔaʕārīḍ))

1. a path or road lying to the side or obliquely or on a declivity
2. a line of discourse, intended sense
3. a path of a camel or horse or goat going to the right and left when it is ridden or grazing, and the beast itself that moves such a way
4. prosody, versification
5. last foot of a hemistich
6. tent-pole
7. nourishment, food

Declension

Declension of noun عَرُوض (ʕarūḍ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرُوض ʕarūḍ	الْعَرُوض al-ʕarūḍ	عَرُوض ʕarūḍ
Nominative	عَرُوضٌ ʕarūḍun	الْعَرُوضُ al-ʕarūḍu	عَرُوضُ ʕarūḍu
Accusative	عَرُوضًا ʕarūḍan	الْعَرُوضَ al-ʕarūḍa	عَرُوضَ ʕarūḍa
Genitive	عَرُوضٍ ʕarūḍin	الْعَرُوضِ al-ʕarūḍi	عَرُوضِ ʕarūḍi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرُوضَيْن ʕarūḍayn	الْعَرُوضَيْن al-ʕarūḍayn	عَرُوضَيْ ʕarūḍay
Nominative	عَرُوضَانِ ʕarūḍāni	الْعَرُوضَانِ al-ʕarūḍāni	عَرُوضَا ʕarūḍā
Accusative	عَرُوضَيْنِ ʕarūḍayni	الْعَرُوضَيْنِ al-ʕarūḍayni	عَرُوضَيْ ʕarūḍay
Genitive	عَرُوضَيْنِ ʕarūḍayni	الْعَرُوضَيْنِ al-ʕarūḍayni	عَرُوضَيْ ʕarūḍay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَعَارِيض ʔaʕārīḍ	الْأَعَارِيض al-ʔaʕārīḍ	أَعَارِيض ʔaʕārīḍ
Nominative	أَعَارِيضُ ʔaʕārīḍu	الْأَعَارِيضُ al-ʔaʕārīḍu	أَعَارِيضُ ʔaʕārīḍu
Accusative	أَعَارِيضَ ʔaʕārīḍa	الْأَعَارِيضَ al-ʔaʕārīḍa	أَعَارِيضَ ʔaʕārīḍa
Genitive	أَعَارِيضَ ʔaʕārīḍa	الْأَعَارِيضِ al-ʔaʕārīḍi	أَعَارِيضِ ʔaʕārīḍi

Derived terms

• عَرُوضِيّ (ʕarūḍiyy, “prosodical”)

Descendants

• → Swahili: arudhi