أرد

See also: آرد and أزد

Arabic

Etymology 1

Elative from the root ر د د (r-d-d); compare رَدَّ (radda, “to return, to bring back”). Original sense "more/most productive of a return".

Adjective

أَرَدّ • (ʔaradd)

1. (construed with عَلَى (ʕalā)) more useful, more profitable; most useful, most profitable

Declension

Declension of adjective أَرَدّ (ʔaradd)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَرَدّ ʔaradd	الْأَرَدّ al-ʔaradd	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَرَدُّ ʔaraddu	الْأَرَدُّ al-ʔaraddu	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَرَدَّ ʔaradda	الْأَرَدَّ al-ʔaradda	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَرَدَّ ʔaradda	الْأَرَدِّ al-ʔaraddi	? ?	? ?
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَرَدَّيْن ʔaraddayn	الْأَرَدَّيْن al-ʔaraddayn	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَرَدَّانِ ʔaraddāni	الْأَرَدَّانِ al-ʔaraddāni	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَرَدَّيْنِ ʔaraddayni	الْأَرَدَّيْنِ al-ʔaraddayni	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَرَدَّيْنِ ʔaraddayni	الْأَرَدَّيْنِ al-ʔaraddayni	? ?	? ?
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		plural unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
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Accusative	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Genitive	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أرد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “رد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Verb

أَرُدُّ • (ʔaruddu) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of رَدَّ (radda)

Verb

أَرُدَّ • (ʔarudda) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of رَدَّ (radda)
2. first-person singular non-past active jussive of رَدَّ (radda)

Verb

أَرُدِّ • (ʔaruddi) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of رَدَّ (radda)

Verb

أُرَدُّ • (ʔuraddu) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of رَدَّ (radda)

Verb

أُرَدَّ • (ʔuradda) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of رَدَّ (radda)
2. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of رَدَّ (radda)

Verb

أُرَدِّ • (ʔuraddi) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of رَدَّ (radda)

Etymology 3

Verb

أَرِدُ • (ʔaridu) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of وَرَدَ (warada)

Verb

أَرِدَ • (ʔarida) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of وَرَدَ (warada)

Verb

أَرِدْ • (ʔarid) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of وَرَدَ (warada)

Etymology 4

Verb

أُرِدْ • (ʔurid) (form IV)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَرَادَ (ʔarāda)

Verb

أُرَدْ • (ʔurad) (form IV)

1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of أَرَادَ (ʔarāda)

Verb

أَرِدْ • (ʔarid) (form IV)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of أَرَادَ (ʔarāda)