رديء

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ر د ء (r d ʔ)
2 terms

Compare رَدُؤَ (raduʔa, “to be bad”).

Adjective

رَدِيء • (radīʔ) (feminine رَدِيئَة (radīʔa), masculine plural أَرْدِئَاء (ʔardiʔāʔ) or أَرْدِيَاء (ʔardiyāʔ), elative أَرْدَأ (ʔardaʔ))

1. bad, evil, wicked, corrupt, depraved
2. worthless, of no rank, of no estimation
3. low, ignoble, vile, mean
4. vicious
5. disapproved, disliked, hated, abominable
6. weak, impotent

Declension

Declension of adjective رَدِيء (radīʔ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَدِيء radīʔ	الرَّدِيء ar-radīʔ	رَدِيئَة radīʔa	الرَّدِيئَة ar-radīʔa
Nominative	رَدِيءٌ radīʔun	الرَّدِيءُ ar-radīʔu	رَدِيئَةٌ radīʔatun	الرَّدِيئَةُ ar-radīʔatu
Accusative	رَدِيئًا radīʔan	الرَّدِيءَ ar-radīʔa	رَدِيئَةً radīʔatan	الرَّدِيئَةَ ar-radīʔata
Genitive	رَدِيءٍ radīʔin	الرَّدِيءِ ar-radīʔi	رَدِيئَةٍ radīʔatin	الرَّدِيئَةِ ar-radīʔati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَدِيئَيْن radīʔayn	الرَّدِيئَيْن ar-radīʔayn	رَدِيئَتَيْن radīʔatayn	الرَّدِيئَتَيْن ar-radīʔatayn
Nominative	رَدِيئَانِ radīʔāni	الرَّدِيئَانِ ar-radīʔāni	رَدِيئَتَانِ radīʔatāni	الرَّدِيئَتَانِ ar-radīʔatāni
Accusative	رَدِيئَيْنِ radīʔayni	الرَّدِيئَيْنِ ar-radīʔayni	رَدِيئَتَيْنِ radīʔatayni	الرَّدِيئَتَيْنِ ar-radīʔatayni
Genitive	رَدِيئَيْنِ radīʔayni	الرَّدِيئَيْنِ ar-radīʔayni	رَدِيئَتَيْنِ radīʔatayni	الرَّدِيئَتَيْنِ ar-radīʔatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَرْدِئَاء‎; أَرْدِيَاء ʔardiʔāʔ‎; ʔardiyāʔ	الْأَرْدِئَاء‎; الْأَرْدِيَاء al-ʔardiʔāʔ‎; al-ʔardiyāʔ	رَدِيئَات radīʔāt	الرَّدِيئَات ar-radīʔāt
Nominative	أَرْدِئَاءُ‎; أَرْدِيَاءُ ʔardiʔāʔu‎; ʔardiyāʔu	الْأَرْدِئَاءُ‎; الْأَرْدِيَاءُ al-ʔardiʔāʔu‎; al-ʔardiyāʔu	رَدِيئَاتٌ radīʔātun	الرَّدِيئَاتُ ar-radīʔātu
Accusative	أَرْدِئَاءَ‎; أَرْدِيَاءَ ʔardiʔāʔa‎; ʔardiyāʔa	الْأَرْدِئَاءَ‎; الْأَرْدِيَاءَ al-ʔardiʔāʔa‎; al-ʔardiyāʔa	رَدِيئَاتٍ radīʔātin	الرَّدِيئَاتِ ar-radīʔāti
Genitive	أَرْدِئَاءَ‎; أَرْدِيَاءَ ʔardiʔāʔa‎; ʔardiyāʔa	الْأَرْدِئَاءِ‎; الْأَرْدِيَاءِ al-ʔardiʔāʔi‎; al-ʔardiyāʔi	رَدِيئَاتٍ radīʔātin	الرَّدِيئَاتِ ar-radīʔāti

Antonyms

• جَيِّد (jayyid)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ردأ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رديء”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ردأ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN