أشد

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See also: أسد, اسد, and اشد

Arabic[edit]

Root
ش د د (š-d-d)

Etymology 1[edit]

Elative of شَدِيد (šadīd).

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Adjective[edit]

أَشَدّ (ʔašadd) (feminine شُدَّى (šuddā))

  1. elative degree of شَدِيد (šadīd):
    • at-Tirimmah ibn al-Hakim
      لَنَا ٱلْعَضُدُ ٱلشُّدَّى عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وٱلْأُتَى ... عَلَى كُلِّ حَافٍ فِي مَعَدٍّ وَنَاعِلِ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    1. stronger, more powerful; strongest, most powerful
    2. more violent, more severe; most violent, most severe
    3. firmer; firmest
    4. harder; hardest
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Etymology 2[edit]

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Noun[edit]

أَشُدّ (ʔašuddm

  1. completeness; climax; maturity
    بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُbalaḡa ʔašuddahuto attain full maturity; come of legal age; to reach its climax
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