جرذ

Arabic

Alternative forms

• جِرْذَوْن (jirḏawn)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

جُرَذ • (juraḏ) m (plural جِرْذان (jirḏān) or جُرْذَان (jurḏān))

1. rat (without any qualifying adjective sensu strictu referring to Rattus gen. et spp. and Meriones gen. et spp.)

Declension

Declension of noun جُرَذ (juraḏ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُرَذ juraḏ	الْجُرَذ al-juraḏ	جُرَذ juraḏ
Nominative	جُرَذٌ juraḏun	الْجُرَذُ al-juraḏu	جُرَذُ juraḏu
Accusative	جُرَذًا juraḏan	الْجُرَذَ al-juraḏa	جُرَذَ juraḏa
Genitive	جُرَذٍ juraḏin	الْجُرَذِ al-juraḏi	جُرَذِ juraḏi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُرَذَيْن juraḏayn	الْجُرَذَيْن al-juraḏayn	جُرَذَيْ juraḏay
Nominative	جُرَذَانِ juraḏāni	الْجُرَذَانِ al-juraḏāni	جُرَذَا juraḏā
Accusative	جُرَذَيْنِ juraḏayni	الْجُرَذَيْنِ al-juraḏayni	جُرَذَيْ juraḏay
Genitive	جُرَذَيْنِ juraḏayni	الْجُرَذَيْنِ al-juraḏayni	جُرَذَيْ juraḏay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِرْذان‎; جُرْذَان jirḏān‎; jurḏān	الْجِرْذان‎; الْجُرْذَان al-jirḏān‎; al-jurḏān	جِرْذان‎; جُرْذَان jirḏān‎; jurḏān
Nominative	جِرْذانٌ‎; جُرْذَانٌ jirḏānun‎; jurḏānun	الْجِرْذانُ‎; الْجُرْذَانُ al-jirḏānu‎; al-jurḏānu	جِرْذانُ‎; جُرْذَانُ jirḏānu‎; jurḏānu
Accusative	جِرْذانًا‎; جُرْذَانًا jirḏānan‎; jurḏānan	الْجِرْذانَ‎; الْجُرْذَانَ al-jirḏāna‎; al-jurḏāna	جِرْذانَ‎; جُرْذَانَ jirḏāna‎; jurḏāna
Genitive	جِرْذانٍ‎; جُرْذَانٍ jirḏānin‎; jurḏānin	الْجِرْذانِ‎; الْجُرْذَانِ al-jirḏāni‎; al-jurḏāni	جِرْذانِ‎; جُرْذَانِ jirḏāni‎; jurḏāni

Descendants

• Maltese: ġurdien
• → English: jird (?)

Adjective

جَرِذ • (jariḏ) (feminine جَرِذَة (jariḏa))

1. infested with rats

Declension

Declension of adjective جَرِذ (jariḏ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَرِذ jariḏ	الْجَرِذ al-jariḏ	جَرِذَة jariḏa	الْجَرِذَة al-jariḏa
Nominative	جَرِذٌ jariḏun	الْجَرِذُ al-jariḏu	جَرِذَةٌ jariḏatun	الْجَرِذَةُ al-jariḏatu
Accusative	جَرِذًا jariḏan	الْجَرِذَ al-jariḏa	جَرِذَةً jariḏatan	الْجَرِذَةَ al-jariḏata
Genitive	جَرِذٍ jariḏin	الْجَرِذِ al-jariḏi	جَرِذَةٍ jariḏatin	الْجَرِذَةِ al-jariḏati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَرِذَيْن jariḏayn	الْجَرِذَيْن al-jariḏayn	جَرِذَتَيْن jariḏatayn	الْجَرِذَتَيْن al-jariḏatayn
Nominative	جَرِذَانِ jariḏāni	الْجَرِذَانِ al-jariḏāni	جَرِذَتَانِ jariḏatāni	الْجَرِذَتَانِ al-jariḏatāni
Accusative	جَرِذَيْنِ jariḏayni	الْجَرِذَيْنِ al-jariḏayni	جَرِذَتَيْنِ jariḏatayni	الْجَرِذَتَيْنِ al-jariḏatayni
Genitive	جَرِذَيْنِ jariḏayni	الْجَرِذَيْنِ al-jariḏayni	جَرِذَتَيْنِ jariḏatayni	الْجَرِذَتَيْنِ al-jariḏatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	—		—
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	—	—	—	—
Nominative	—	—	—	—
Accusative	—	—	—	—
Genitive	—	—	—	—

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “جرذ”, 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 265
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “جرذ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 408
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جرذ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 176