جيد

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See also: جید

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ج و د (j-w-d).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaj.jid/
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Adjective

جَيِّد (jayyid) (feminine جَيِّدَة (jayyida), masculine plural جَيِّدُونَ (jayyidūna), feminine plural جَيِّدَات (jayyidāt), elative أَجْوَد (ʔajwad))

  1. of good quality, excellent, approvable
  2. good, goodly
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Etymology 2

From the root the ج و د (j-w-d) in the sense of being well-proportioned; a root ج ي د (j-y-d) being thereafter formed from this noun.

Pronunciation

Noun

جِيد (jīdm (plural أَجْيَاد (ʔajyād) or جُيُود (juyūd))

  1. a neck, especially one that is long, beautiful, or slender
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 111:5:
      فِي جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍ
      fī jīdihā ḥablun mmin mmasadin
      Around her neck is a rope of fiber.
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Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: ճիտ (čit)
  • Persian: جید (jīd)

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