سيد

See also: سید

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س و د (s-w-d).

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

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	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
	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
Nominative	سَيِّدُونَ‎; سَادَةٌ‎; أَسْيَادٌ sayyidūna‎; sādatun‎; ʔasyādun	السَّيِّدُونَ‎; السَّادَةُ‎; الْأَسْيَادُ as-sayyidūna‎; as-sādatu‎; al-ʔasyādu	سَيِّدُو‎; سَادَةُ‎; أَسْيَادُ sayyidū‎; sādatu‎; ʔasyādu
Accusative	سَيِّدِينَ‎; سَادَةً‎; أَسْيَادًا sayyidīna‎; sādatan‎; ʔasyādan	السَّيِّدِينَ‎; السَّادَةَ‎; الْأَسْيَادَ as-sayyidīna‎; as-sādata‎; al-ʔasyāda	سَيِّدِي‎; سَادَةَ‎; أَسْيَادَ sayyidī‎; sādata‎; ʔasyāda
Genitive	سَيِّدِينَ‎; سَادَةٍ‎; أَسْيَادٍ sayyidīna‎; sādatin‎; ʔasyādin	السَّيِّدِينَ‎; السَّادَةِ‎; الْأَسْيَادِ as-sayyidīna‎; as-sādati‎; al-ʔasyādi	سَيِّدِي‎; سَادَةِ‎; أَسْيَادِ sayyidī‎; sādati‎; ʔasyādi

Descendants

• → Mozarabic: سيدى, סידי (tsídi)
• → Spanish: Cid

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “سيد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سيد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], 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^[3], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سيد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], 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