أجود

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ج و د (j-w-d)

Elative of جَيِّد (jayyid, “good; liberal, generous; excellent”).

Adjective

أَجْوَد • (ʔajwad) (feminine جُودَى (jūdā), masculine plural أَجَاوِد (ʔajāwid), feminine plural جُودَيَات (jūdayāt))

1. elative degree of جَيِّد (jayyid):
   1. better; best
   2. more liberal, more generous; most liberal, most generous
   3. more excellent; most excellent

Declension

Declension of adjective أَجْوَد (ʔajwad)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَجْوَد ʔajwad	الْأَجْوَد al-ʔajwad	جُودى jūdā	الْجُودى al-jūdā
Nominative	أَجْوَدُ ʔajwadu	الْأَجْوَدُ al-ʔajwadu	جُودى jūdā	الْجُودى al-jūdā
Accusative	أَجْوَدَ ʔajwada	الْأَجْوَدَ al-ʔajwada	جُودى jūdā	الْجُودى al-jūdā
Genitive	أَجْوَدَ ʔajwada	الْأَجْوَدِ al-ʔajwadi	جُودى jūdā	الْجُودى al-jūdā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَجْوَدَيْن ʔajwadayn	الْأَجْوَدَيْن al-ʔajwadayn	جُودَيَيْن jūdayayn	الْجُودَيَيْن al-jūdayayn
Nominative	أَجْوَدَانِ ʔajwadāni	الْأَجْوَدَانِ al-ʔajwadāni	جُودَيَانِ jūdayāni	الْجُودَيَانِ al-jūdayāni
Accusative	أَجْوَدَيْنِ ʔajwadayni	الْأَجْوَدَيْنِ al-ʔajwadayni	جُودَيَيْنِ jūdayayni	الْجُودَيَيْنِ al-jūdayayni
Genitive	أَجْوَدَيْنِ ʔajwadayni	الْأَجْوَدَيْنِ al-ʔajwadayni	جُودَيَيْنِ jūdayayni	الْجُودَيَيْنِ al-jūdayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَجَاوِد ʔajāwid	الْأَجَاوِد al-ʔajāwid	جُودَيَات jūdayāt	الْجُودَيَات al-jūdayāt
Nominative	أَجَاوِدُ ʔajāwidu	الْأَجَاوِدُ al-ʔajāwidu	جُودَيَاتٌ jūdayātun	الْجُودَيَاتُ al-jūdayātu
Accusative	أَجَاوِدَ ʔajāwida	الْأَجَاوِدَ al-ʔajāwida	جُودَيَاتٍ jūdayātin	الْجُودَيَاتِ al-jūdayāti
Genitive	أَجَاوِدَ ʔajāwida	الْأَجَاوِدِ al-ʔajāwidi	جُودَيَاتٍ jūdayātin	الْجُودَيَاتِ al-jūdayāti

References

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