جراد

Arabic

Root
ج ر د (j-r-d)

جَرَادَة

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.raːd/

Noun

جَرَاد • (jarād) m (collective, singulative جَرَادَة f (jarāda))

1. locusts, vegetation clearing insects
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:133:

     فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلْجَرَادَ وَٱلْقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ آيَاتٍ مُفَصَّلَاتٍ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْمًا مُجْرِمِينَ

     faʔarsalnā ʕalayhimu ṭ-ṭūfāna wal-jarāda wal-qummala waḍ-ḍafādiʕa wad-dama ʔāyātin mufaṣṣalātin fastakbarū wakānū qawman mujrimīna

     We caused to be sent upon them destruction abounding, locusts, lice, frogs, and the blood, as signs of proof discernibly clear, but they had considered themselves of greater importance and had been a people who caused wrongdoing to be encouraged.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 54:7:

     خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنْتَشِرٌ

     ḵuššaʕan ʔabṣāruhum yaḵrujūna mina l-ʔajdāṯi kaʔannahum jarādun mmuntaširun

     Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading.

   1. (figuratively) a person or thing who absconds with or divests a thing from a person
2. grasshoppers by comparison

Declension

Declension of noun جَرَاد (jarād)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَرَاد jarād	الْجَرَاد al-jarād	جَرَاد jarād
Nominative	جَرَادٌ jarādun	الْجَرَادُ al-jarādu	جَرَادُ jarādu
Accusative	جَرَادًا jarādan	الْجَرَادَ al-jarāda	جَرَادَ jarāda
Genitive	جَرَادٍ jarādin	الْجَرَادِ al-jarādi	جَرَادِ jarādi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَرَادَة jarāda	الْجَرَادَة al-jarāda	جَرَادَة jarādat
Nominative	جَرَادَةٌ jarādatun	الْجَرَادَةُ al-jarādatu	جَرَادَةُ jarādatu
Accusative	جَرَادَةً jarādatan	الْجَرَادَةَ al-jarādata	جَرَادَةَ jarādata
Genitive	جَرَادَةٍ jarādatin	الْجَرَادَةِ al-jarādati	جَرَادَةِ jarādati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَرَادَتَيْن jarādatayn	الْجَرَادَتَيْن al-jarādatayn	جَرَادَتَيْ jarādatay
Nominative	جَرَادَتَانِ jarādatāni	الْجَرَادَتَانِ al-jarādatāni	جَرَادَتَا jarādatā
Accusative	جَرَادَتَيْنِ jarādatayni	الْجَرَادَتَيْنِ al-jarādatayni	جَرَادَتَيْ jarādatay
Genitive	جَرَادَتَيْنِ jarādatayni	الْجَرَادَتَيْنِ al-jarādatayni	جَرَادَتَيْ jarādatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَرَادَات jarādāt	الْجَرَادَات al-jarādāt	جَرَادَات jarādāt
Nominative	جَرَادَاتٌ jarādātun	الْجَرَادَاتُ al-jarādātu	جَرَادَاتُ jarādātu
Accusative	جَرَادَاتٍ jarādātin	الْجَرَادَاتِ al-jarādāti	جَرَادَاتِ jarādāti
Genitive	جَرَادَاتٍ jarādātin	الْجَرَادَاتِ al-jarādāti	جَرَادَاتِ jarādāti

Descendants

• Maltese: ġurad
• Moroccan Arabic: جراد (jrād)
• → Ottoman Turkish: جراد

References

• “جراد” in Almaany
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “جراد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 264
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “جراد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 406
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “جراد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 142
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جراد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 175

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَرَاد (jarād).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒraːd/

Noun

جراد • (jrād) m (collective, singulative جرادة f (jrāda), plural جرادات (jrādāt))

1. locust; grasshopper

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج ر د
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَرَاد (jarād).

Noun

جراد • (jarād) m (collective, singulative جرادة f (jarāde))

1. locusts; grasshoppers