غ ر د

Arabic

Etymology

Presumably of onomatopoeic origin, compare German gurren, girren.

Root

غ ر د • (ḡ-r-d)

1. forms words related to warbling

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: غَرِدَ (ḡarida, “to sing, to chirp”)
  • Verbal noun: غَرَد (ḡarad)
  • Active participle: غَارِد (ḡārid)
  • Passive participle: مَغْرُود (maḡrūd)
• Form II: غَرَّدَ (ḡarrada, “to tweet, to warble; to fluctuate in frequency”)
  • Verbal noun: تَغْرِيد (taḡrīd)
  • Active participle: مُغَرِّد (muḡarrid)
  • Passive participle: مُغَرَّد (muḡarrad)
• Form V: تَغَرَّدَ (taḡarrada, “to sing, to tweet”)
  • Verbal noun: تَغَرُّد (taḡarrud)
  • Active participle: مُتَغَرِّد (mutaḡarrid)
  • Passive participle: مُتَغَرَّد (mutaḡarrad)
• Form X: اِسْتَغْرَدَ (istaḡrada, “to incite to tweet”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِغْرَاد (istiḡrād)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَغْرِد (mustaḡrid)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَغْرَد (mustaḡrad)

Nouns

• تَغْرِيدَة f (taḡrīda, “tweet”)
• أُغْرُود m (ʔuḡrūd), أُغْرُودَة f (ʔuḡrūda, “chirping, song”); pl. أَغَارِيد (ʔaḡārīd)
• غُرْد m (ḡurd, “(shifting) dune”); pl. غُرُود (ḡurūd)

Adjectives

• غِرِّيد (ḡirrīd, “prone to sing, inclined to chirp”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “غ ر د”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 268