أبجد

See also: ابجد, اتخذ, أتخذ, اتحد, and أتحد

Arabic

Etymology

From the first four letters of the Arabic alphabet arranged in the old style, which is similar to the Greek and Hebrew order: أ ب ج د. This is the standard alphabetical order used in lists and for numbering paragraphs. The alphabet is divided into these eight nonsense words, as memorialized in a popular children’s song:

أبجد هوز حطي كلمن سعفص قرشت ثخذ ضظغ ʾabjad hawwaz ḥaṭṭī kalaman saʿafaṣ qarašat ṯaxxaḏ ḍaẓẓağ

Noun

أَبْجَد • (ʔabjad) m (plural أَبْجَدَات (ʔabjadāt))

1. alphabet, abjad
2. (plural) elementary facts, simple truths

Declension

Declension of noun أَبْجَد (ʔabjad)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبْجَد ʔabjad	الْأَبْجَد al-ʔabjad	أَبْجَد ʔabjad
Nominative	أَبْجَدٌ ʔabjadun	الْأَبْجَدُ al-ʔabjadu	أَبْجَدُ ʔabjadu
Accusative	أَبْجَدًا ʔabjadan	الْأَبْجَدَ al-ʔabjada	أَبْجَدَ ʔabjada
Genitive	أَبْجَدٍ ʔabjadin	الْأَبْجَدِ al-ʔabjadi	أَبْجَدِ ʔabjadi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبْجَدَيْن ʔabjadayn	الْأَبْجَدَيْن al-ʔabjadayn	أَبْجَدَيْ ʔabjaday
Nominative	أَبْجَدَانِ ʔabjadāni	الْأَبْجَدَانِ al-ʔabjadāni	أَبْجَدَا ʔabjadā
Accusative	أَبْجَدَيْنِ ʔabjadayni	الْأَبْجَدَيْنِ al-ʔabjadayni	أَبْجَدَيْ ʔabjaday
Genitive	أَبْجَدَيْنِ ʔabjadayni	الْأَبْجَدَيْنِ al-ʔabjadayni	أَبْجَدَيْ ʔabjaday
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبْجَدَات ʔabjadāt	الْأَبْجَدَات al-ʔabjadāt	أَبْجَدَات ʔabjadāt
Nominative	أَبْجَدَاتٌ ʔabjadātun	الْأَبْجَدَاتُ al-ʔabjadātu	أَبْجَدَاتُ ʔabjadātu
Accusative	أَبْجَدَاتٍ ʔabjadātin	الْأَبْجَدَاتِ al-ʔabjadāti	أَبْجَدَاتِ ʔabjadāti
Genitive	أَبْجَدَاتٍ ʔabjadātin	الْأَبْجَدَاتِ al-ʔabjadāti	أَبْجَدَاتِ ʔabjadāti

Related terms

• أَبْجَدِيّ (ʔabjadiyy)
• أَبْجَدِيَّة (ʔabjadiyya)

See also

• الْأَلِفْبَاء (al-ʔalifbāʔ)
• حُرُوف الْهِجَاء (ḥurūf al-hijāʔ)