سيد

See also: سید‎

Arabic

Root
س و د‎ (s-w-d)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *swd-. Cognate with Imperial Aramaic 𐡎𐡅𐡃‎ (swd), 𐡎𐡉𐡃‎ (syd, “to have lordship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saj.jid/

Noun

سَيِّد • (sayyid) m (plural سَيِّدُون‎ (sayyidūn) or سَادَة‎ (sāda) or أَسْيَاد‎ (ʔasyād), feminine سَيِّدَة‎ (sayyida))

1. master, lord, prince
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 33:67:

     ‏وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّا أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَاءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا السَّبِيلَا‎

     waqālū rabbanā ʔinnā ʔaṭaʕnā sādatanā wakubarāʔanā faʔaḍallūnā s-sabīlā

     Pickthall: And they say: Our Lord! Lo! we obeyed our princes and great men, and they misled us from the Way.

2. mister
3. sir
4. Sayyid (title of a male descendant of Mohammed)

Declension

Declension of noun سَيِّد (sayyid)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيِّد sayyid	السَّيِّد‎ as-sayyid	سَيِّد sayyid	سَيِّدَة‎ sayyida	السَّيِّدَة‎ as-sayyida	سَيِّدَة‎ sayyidat
Nominative	سَيِّدٌ sayyidun	السَّيِّدُ‎ as-sayyidu	سَيِّدُ sayyidu	سَيِّدَةٌ‎ sayyidatun	السَّيِّدَةُ‎ as-sayyidatu	سَيِّدَةُ‎ sayyidatu
Accusative	سَيِّدًا‎ sayyidan	السَّيِّدَ‎ as-sayyida	سَيِّدَ sayyida	سَيِّدَةً‎ sayyidatan	السَّيِّدَةَ‎ as-sayyidata	سَيِّدَةَ‎ sayyidata
Genitive	سَيِّدٍ sayyidin	السَّيِّدِ‎ as-sayyidi	سَيِّدِ sayyidi	سَيِّدَةٍ‎ sayyidatin	السَّيِّدَةِ‎ as-sayyidati	سَيِّدَةِ‎ sayyidati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيِّدَيْن‎ sayyidayn	السَّيِّدَيْن‎ as-sayyidayn	سَيِّدَيْ‎ sayyiday	سَيِّدَتَيْن‎ sayyidatayn	السَّيِّدَتَيْن‎ as-sayyidatayn	سَيِّدَتَيْ‎ sayyidatay
Nominative	سَيِّدَانِ‎ sayyidāni	السَّيِّدَانِ‎ as-sayyidāni	سَيِّدَا‎ sayyidā	سَيِّدَتَانِ‎ sayyidatāni	السَّيِّدَتَانِ‎ as-sayyidatāni	سَيِّدَتَا‎ sayyidatā
Accusative	سَيِّدَيْنِ‎ sayyidayni	السَّيِّدَيْنِ‎ as-sayyidayni	سَيِّدَيْ‎ sayyiday	سَيِّدَتَيْنِ‎ sayyidatayni	السَّيِّدَتَيْنِ‎ as-sayyidatayni	سَيِّدَتَيْ‎ sayyidatay
Genitive	سَيِّدَيْنِ‎ sayyidayni	السَّيِّدَيْنِ‎ as-sayyidayni	سَيِّدَيْ‎ sayyiday	سَيِّدَتَيْنِ‎ sayyidatayni	السَّيِّدَتَيْنِ‎ as-sayyidatayni	سَيِّدَتَيْ‎ sayyidatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيِّدِين‎‎; سَادَة‎‎; أَسْيَاد‎ sayyidīn‎; sāda‎; ʔasyād	السَّيِّدِين‎‎; السَّادَة‎‎; الْأَسْيَاد‎ as-sayyidīn‎; as-sāda‎; al-ʔasyād	سَيِّدِي‎‎; سَادَة‎‎; أَسْيَاد‎ sayyidī‎; sādat‎; ʔasyād	سَيِّدَات‎ sayyidāt	السَّيِّدَات‎ as-sayyidāt	سَيِّدَات‎ sayyidāt
Nominative	سَيِّدُونَ‎‎; سَادَةٌ‎‎; أَسْيَادٌ‎ sayyidūna‎; sādatun‎; ʔasyādun	السَّيِّدُونَ‎‎; السَّادَةُ‎‎; الْأَسْيَادُ‎ as-sayyidūna‎; as-sādatu‎; al-ʔasyādu	سَيِّدُو‎‎; سَادَةُ‎‎; أَسْيَادُ‎ sayyidū‎; sādatu‎; ʔasyādu	سَيِّدَاتٌ‎ sayyidātun	السَّيِّدَاتُ‎ as-sayyidātu	سَيِّدَاتُ‎ sayyidātu
Accusative	سَيِّدِينَ‎‎; سَادَةً‎‎; أَسْيَادًا‎ sayyidīna‎; sādatan‎; ʔasyādan	السَّيِّدِينَ‎‎; السَّادَةَ‎‎; الْأَسْيَادَ‎ as-sayyidīna‎; as-sādata‎; al-ʔasyāda	سَيِّدِي‎‎; سَادَةَ‎‎; أَسْيَادَ‎ sayyidī‎; sādata‎; ʔasyāda	سَيِّدَاتٍ‎ sayyidātin	السَّيِّدَاتِ‎ as-sayyidāti	سَيِّدَاتِ‎ sayyidāti
Genitive	سَيِّدِينَ‎‎; سَادَةٍ‎‎; أَسْيَادٍ‎ sayyidīna‎; sādatin‎; ʔasyādin	السَّيِّدِينَ‎‎; السَّادَةِ‎‎; الْأَسْيَادِ‎ as-sayyidīna‎; as-sādati‎; al-ʔasyādi	سَيِّدِي‎‎; سَادَةِ‎‎; أَسْيَادِ‎ sayyidī‎; sādati‎; ʔasyādi	سَيِّدَاتٍ‎ sayyidātin	السَّيِّدَاتِ‎ as-sayyidāti	سَيِّدَاتِ‎ sayyidāti

Descendants

• Maltese: sid
• → Mozarabic: سيد‎ (sīdi)
• → Spanish: Cid, Çid
• → Persian: سید‎ (seyyed)
• → Urdu: سید‎

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “سيد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “سيد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Adjective

سَيِّد • (sayyid) (feminine سَيِّدَة‎ (sayyida) or سَيِّد (sayyid), masculine plural سَادَة‎ (sāda) or أَسْيَاد‎ (ʔasyād), elative أَسْوَد‎ (ʔaswad))

1. liberal, generous
2. noble, high-born
3. wise

Declension

Declension of noun سَيِّد (sayyid)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيِّد sayyid	السَّيِّد‎ as-sayyid	سَيِّد sayyid
Nominative	سَيِّدٌ sayyidun	السَّيِّدُ‎ as-sayyidu	سَيِّدُ sayyidu
Accusative	سَيِّدًا‎ sayyidan	السَّيِّدَ‎ as-sayyida	سَيِّدَ sayyida
Genitive	سَيِّدٍ sayyidin	السَّيِّدِ‎ as-sayyidi	سَيِّدِ sayyidi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيِّدَيْن‎ sayyidayn	السَّيِّدَيْن‎ as-sayyidayn	سَيِّدَيْ‎ sayyiday
Nominative	سَيِّدَانِ‎ sayyidāni	السَّيِّدَانِ‎ as-sayyidāni	سَيِّدَا‎ sayyidā
Accusative	سَيِّدَيْنِ‎ sayyidayni	السَّيِّدَيْنِ‎ as-sayyidayni	سَيِّدَيْ‎ sayyiday
Genitive	سَيِّدَيْنِ‎ sayyidayni	السَّيِّدَيْنِ‎ as-sayyidayni	سَيِّدَيْ‎ sayyiday
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَادَة‎‎; أَسْيَاد‎ sāda‎; ʔasyād	السَّادَة‎‎; الْأَسْيَاد‎ as-sāda‎; al-ʔasyād	سَادَة‎‎; أَسْيَاد‎ sādat‎; ʔasyād
Nominative	سَادَةٌ‎‎; أَسْيَادٌ‎ sādatun‎; ʔasyādun	السَّادَةُ‎‎; الْأَسْيَادُ‎ as-sādatu‎; al-ʔasyādu	سَادَةُ‎‎; أَسْيَادُ‎ sādatu‎; ʔasyādu
Accusative	سَادَةً‎‎; أَسْيَادًا‎ sādatan‎; ʔasyādan	السَّادَةَ‎‎; الْأَسْيَادَ‎ as-sādata‎; al-ʔasyāda	سَادَةَ‎‎; أَسْيَادَ‎ sādata‎; ʔasyāda
Genitive	سَادَةٍ‎‎; أَسْيَادٍ‎ sādatin‎; ʔasyādin	السَّادَةِ‎‎; الْأَسْيَادِ‎ as-sādati‎; al-ʔasyādi	سَادَةِ‎‎; أَسْيَادِ‎ sādati‎; ʔasyādi

References

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

Mozarabic

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic سَيِّد‎ (sayyid, “lord, master”).

Noun

سيد (sīdi) m

1. lord, master
   • c. 1100, Muhammad ibn ‘Ubada, Kharja A1 :

     بن سيدِ إبْرَاهِيم

     fən sīdi ʾibrāhīm

     Come, lord Ibrahim.

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَيِّد‎ (sayyid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːd/, [siːd]

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Noun

سيد • (sīd) m (plural أسياد‎ (ʔasyād), feminine ست‎ (sitt))

1. master, lord
2. grandfather

   Synonym: جد‎ (jidd)