أجدر

See also: اخدر, اجذر, أخدر, and أجذر

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ج د ر (j-d-r)

Elative of جَدِير (jadīr, “worthy; appropriate”).

Adjective

أَجْدَر • (ʔajdar) (feminine جُدْرَى (judrā), masculine plural أَجَادِر (ʔajādir), feminine plural جُدْرَيَات (judrayāt))

1. elative degree of جَدِير (jadīr):
   1. worthier; worthiest
   2. more appropriate; most appropriate
      • a. 1374, Ibn al-Khatib, Zaman Al-Wasl:

        ضَعْ عَلَى صَدْرِيَ يُمْنَاكَ فَمَا – أَجْدَرَ ٱلْمَاءَ بِإِطْفَاءِ ٱللَّهَبْ

        ḍaʕ ʕalā ṣadriya yumnāka famā – ʔajdara l-māʔa biʔiṭfāʔi l-lahab

        Place your right hand on my chest, how – adept the water is in putting out the flame

Declension

Declension of adjective أَجْدَر (ʔajdar)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَجْدَر ʔajdar	الْأَجْدَر al-ʔajdar	جُدْرى judrā	الْجُدْرى al-judrā
Nominative	أَجْدَرُ ʔajdaru	الْأَجْدَرُ al-ʔajdaru	جُدْرى judrā	الْجُدْرى al-judrā
Accusative	أَجْدَرَ ʔajdara	الْأَجْدَرَ al-ʔajdara	جُدْرى judrā	الْجُدْرى al-judrā
Genitive	أَجْدَرَ ʔajdara	الْأَجْدَرِ al-ʔajdari	جُدْرى judrā	الْجُدْرى al-judrā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَجْدَرَيْن ʔajdarayn	الْأَجْدَرَيْن al-ʔajdarayn	جُدْرَيَيْن judrayayn	الْجُدْرَيَيْن al-judrayayn
Nominative	أَجْدَرَانِ ʔajdarāni	الْأَجْدَرَانِ al-ʔajdarāni	جُدْرَيَانِ judrayāni	الْجُدْرَيَانِ al-judrayāni
Accusative	أَجْدَرَيْنِ ʔajdarayni	الْأَجْدَرَيْنِ al-ʔajdarayni	جُدْرَيَيْنِ judrayayni	الْجُدْرَيَيْنِ al-judrayayni
Genitive	أَجْدَرَيْنِ ʔajdarayni	الْأَجْدَرَيْنِ al-ʔajdarayni	جُدْرَيَيْنِ judrayayni	الْجُدْرَيَيْنِ al-judrayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَجَادِر ʔajādir	الْأَجَادِر al-ʔajādir	جُدْرَيَات judrayāt	الْجُدْرَيَات al-judrayāt
Nominative	أَجَادِرُ ʔajādiru	الْأَجَادِرُ al-ʔajādiru	جُدْرَيَاتٌ judrayātun	الْجُدْرَيَاتُ al-judrayātu
Accusative	أَجَادِرَ ʔajādira	الْأَجَادِرَ al-ʔajādira	جُدْرَيَاتٍ judrayātin	الْجُدْرَيَاتِ al-judrayāti
Genitive	أَجَادِرَ ʔajādira	الْأَجَادِرِ al-ʔajādiri	جُدْرَيَاتٍ judrayātin	الْجُدْرَيَاتِ al-judrayāti

References

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