غداء

See also: غذاء

Arabic

Etymology

Root
غ د و (ḡ-d-w)

Compare غَدًا (ḡadan, “tomorrow”), غَدَاة (ḡadāh, “morning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣa.daːʔ/

Noun

غَدَاء • (ḡadāʔ) m (plural أَغْدِيَة (ʔaḡdiya))

1. (obsolete) breakfast

   Synonyms: إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār), فَطُور (faṭūr)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:62:

     فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتَاهُ آتِنَا غَدَاءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِن سَفَرِنَا هٰذَا نَصَبًا

     fa-lammā jāwazā qāla li-fatāhu ʔātinā ḡadāʔanā laqad laqīnā min safarinā hāḏā naṣaban

     So when they had passed beyond it, he said to his boy, "Bring us our morning meal. We have certainly suffered in this, our journey, much fatigue."

   • a. 813, ar-Rājiz, unknown title:

     خالي لقيطٌ (var. عُوَيْف) وأبو عَلِجِّ … المطعمان اللحمَ بالعَشِجِّ
     وبالغداةِ كِسَرَ (var. فِلَق) البَرْنِجِّ … يُقْلَعُ بالوَدِّ وبالصِّيصجِّ

     I have two uncles ʿUwayf and Abū ʿAlī … who eat meat in the vesper
     And in the morn sweet shives of dates … they pluck by means of pegs and pales

     Translation by Gottfried Hoberg:
     Avunculus meus est ʿUvaif et Abû ʿAlî, qui carnem vespere porrigunt
     et mane dactylos suaviores, qui extrahuntur paxillo et palo
     

2. lunch

Declension

Declension of noun غَدَاء (ḡadāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَدَاء ḡadāʔ	الْغَدَاء al-ḡadāʔ	غَدَاء ḡadāʔ
Nominative	غَدَاءٌ ḡadāʔun	الْغَدَاءُ al-ḡadāʔu	غَدَاءُ ḡadāʔu
Accusative	غَدَاءً ḡadāʔan	الْغَدَاءَ al-ḡadāʔa	غَدَاءَ ḡadāʔa
Genitive	غَدَاءٍ ḡadāʔin	الْغَدَاءِ al-ḡadāʔi	غَدَاءِ ḡadāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَدَاءَيْن ḡadāʔayn	الْغَدَاءَيْن al-ḡadāʔayn	غَدَاءَيْ ḡadāʔay
Nominative	غَدَاءَانِ ḡadāʔāni	الْغَدَاءَانِ al-ḡadāʔāni	غَدَاءَا ḡadāʔā
Accusative	غَدَاءَيْنِ ḡadāʔayni	الْغَدَاءَيْنِ al-ḡadāʔayni	غَدَاءَيْ ḡadāʔay
Genitive	غَدَاءَيْنِ ḡadāʔayni	الْغَدَاءَيْنِ al-ḡadāʔayni	غَدَاءَيْ ḡadāʔay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَغْدِيَة ʔaḡdiya	الْأَغْدِيَة al-ʔaḡdiya	أَغْدِيَة ʔaḡdiyat
Nominative	أَغْدِيَةٌ ʔaḡdiyatun	الْأَغْدِيَةُ al-ʔaḡdiyatu	أَغْدِيَةُ ʔaḡdiyatu
Accusative	أَغْدِيَةً ʔaḡdiyatan	الْأَغْدِيَةَ al-ʔaḡdiyata	أَغْدِيَةَ ʔaḡdiyata
Genitive	أَغْدِيَةٍ ʔaḡdiyatin	الْأَغْدِيَةِ al-ʔaḡdiyati	أَغْدِيَةِ ʔaḡdiyati

Descendants

• Hijazi Arabic: غَدَا (ḡada)
• Gulf Arabic: غَدَا (ḡada)
• Moroccan Arabic: غْدَا (ḡda)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “غداء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate