رشيد

See also: رشید

Arabic

Root
ر ش د (r-š-d)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb رَشَدَ (rašada, “to be on the right path, be of age”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.ʃiːd/

Adjective

رَشِيد • (rašīd) (feminine رَشِيدَة (rašīda), masculine plural رُشَدَاء (rušadāʔ), elative أَرْشَد (ʔaršad))

1. who guides on the right path
2. following the right course
3. well-guided
4. hitting on the right thing, wise
5. holding a right belief, orthodox
6. reasonable, sensible
7. mature, of age

Declension

Declension of adjective رَشِيد (rašīd)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَشِيد rašīd	الرَّشِيد ar-rašīd	رَشِيدَة rašīda	الرَّشِيدَة ar-rašīda
Nominative	رَشِيدٌ rašīdun	الرَّشِيدُ ar-rašīdu	رَشِيدَةٌ rašīdatun	الرَّشِيدَةُ ar-rašīdatu
Accusative	رَشِيدًا rašīdan	الرَّشِيدَ ar-rašīda	رَشِيدَةً rašīdatan	الرَّشِيدَةَ ar-rašīdata
Genitive	رَشِيدٍ rašīdin	الرَّشِيدِ ar-rašīdi	رَشِيدَةٍ rašīdatin	الرَّشِيدَةِ ar-rašīdati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَشِيدَيْن rašīdayn	الرَّشِيدَيْن ar-rašīdayn	رَشِيدَتَيْن rašīdatayn	الرَّشِيدَتَيْن ar-rašīdatayn
Nominative	رَشِيدَانِ rašīdāni	الرَّشِيدَانِ ar-rašīdāni	رَشِيدَتَانِ rašīdatāni	الرَّشِيدَتَانِ ar-rašīdatāni
Accusative	رَشِيدَيْنِ rašīdayni	الرَّشِيدَيْنِ ar-rašīdayni	رَشِيدَتَيْنِ rašīdatayni	الرَّشِيدَتَيْنِ ar-rašīdatayni
Genitive	رَشِيدَيْنِ rašīdayni	الرَّشِيدَيْنِ ar-rašīdayni	رَشِيدَتَيْنِ rašīdatayni	الرَّشِيدَتَيْنِ ar-rašīdatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رُشَدَاء rušadāʔ	الرُّشَدَاء ar-rušadāʔ	رَشِيدَات rašīdāt	الرَّشِيدَات ar-rašīdāt
Nominative	رُشَدَاءُ rušadāʔu	الرُّشَدَاءُ ar-rušadāʔu	رَشِيدَاتٌ rašīdātun	الرَّشِيدَاتُ ar-rašīdātu
Accusative	رُشَدَاءَ rušadāʔa	الرُّشَدَاءَ ar-rušadāʔa	رَشِيدَاتٍ rašīdātin	الرَّشِيدَاتِ ar-rašīdāti
Genitive	رُشَدَاءَ rušadāʔa	الرُّشَدَاءِ ar-rušadāʔi	رَشِيدَاتٍ rašīdātin	الرَّشِيدَاتِ ar-rašīdāti

Proper noun

رَشِيد • (rašīd) m

1. a male given name, Rashid, Rasheed, Rachid

Declension

Declension of noun رَشِيد (rašīd)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	رَشِيد rašīd	—
Nominative	—	رَشِيدٌ rašīdun	—
Accusative	—	رَشِيدًا rašīdan	—
Genitive	—	رَشِيدٍ rašīdin	—

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Rəşid
• → Bengali: রশিদ (rośid)
• → Dhivehi: ރަޝީދު (rašīdu)
• → Kazakh: Рашид (Raşid)
• → Turkish: Reşit
• → Swahili: Rashidi

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “رشيد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رشيد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “رشيد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN