شاذ

See also: شاد

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ش ذ ذ (š ḏ ḏ)
1 term

Derived from the active participle of the verb شَذَّ (šaḏḏa, “to be separated, be irregular”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːðð/

Adjective

شَاذّ • (šāḏḏ) (feminine شَاذَّة (šāḏḏa), masculine plural شَاذُّون (šāḏḏūn) or شُذَّاذ (šuḏḏāḏ) or شُذَّان (šuḏḏān), feminine plural شَاذَّات (šāḏḏāt) or شَوَاذّ (šawāḏḏ))

1. isolated, separate, detached, alone
2. irregular, anomalous, atypical, abnormal, unusual, aberrant, eccentric, extraordinary, singular, offbeat, curious, odd, peculiar, strange, weird

   أَفْعَالٌ مُطَّرِدَةٌ وَشَاذَّةٌ

   ʔafʕālun muṭṭaridatun wašāḏḏatun

   regular and irregular verbs

3. noncanonical
4. (euphemistic, but not positive) homosexual

Declension

Declension of adjective شَاذّ (šāḏḏ)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	شَاذّ šāḏḏ	الشَّاذّ aš-šāḏḏ	شَاذَّة šāḏḏa	الشَّاذَّة aš-šāḏḏa
nominative	شَاذٌّ šāḏḏun	الشَّاذُّ aš-šāḏḏu	شَاذَّةٌ šāḏḏatun	الشَّاذَّةُ aš-šāḏḏatu
accusative	شَاذًّا šāḏḏan	الشَّاذَّ aš-šāḏḏa	شَاذَّةً šāḏḏatan	الشَّاذَّةَ aš-šāḏḏata
genitive	شَاذٍّ šāḏḏin	الشَّاذِّ aš-šāḏḏi	شَاذَّةٍ šāḏḏatin	الشَّاذَّةِ aš-šāḏḏati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	شَاذَّيْن šāḏḏayn	الشَّاذَّيْن aš-šāḏḏayn	شَاذَّتَيْن šāḏḏatayn	الشَّاذَّتَيْن aš-šāḏḏatayn
nominative	شَاذَّانِ šāḏḏāni	الشَّاذَّانِ aš-šāḏḏāni	شَاذَّتَانِ šāḏḏatāni	الشَّاذَّتَانِ aš-šāḏḏatāni
accusative	شَاذَّيْنِ šāḏḏayni	الشَّاذَّيْنِ aš-šāḏḏayni	شَاذَّتَيْنِ šāḏḏatayni	الشَّاذَّتَيْنِ aš-šāḏḏatayni
genitive	شَاذَّيْنِ šāḏḏayni	الشَّاذَّيْنِ aš-šāḏḏayni	شَاذَّتَيْنِ šāḏḏatayni	الشَّاذَّتَيْنِ aš-šāḏḏatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	شَاذِّين‎; شُذَّاذ‎; شُذَّان šāḏḏīn‎; šuḏḏāḏ‎; šuḏḏān	الشَّاذِّين‎; الشُّذَّاذ‎; الشُّذَّان aš-šāḏḏīn‎; aš-šuḏḏāḏ‎; aš-šuḏḏān	شَاذَّات‎; شَوَاذّ šāḏḏāt‎; šawāḏḏ	الشَّاذَّات‎; الشَّوَاذّ aš-šāḏḏāt‎; aš-šawāḏḏ
nominative	شَاذُّونَ‎; شُذَّاذٌ‎; شُذَّانٌ šāḏḏūna‎; šuḏḏāḏun‎; šuḏḏānun	الشَّاذُّونَ‎; الشُّذَّاذُ‎; الشُّذَّانُ aš-šāḏḏūna‎; aš-šuḏḏāḏu‎; aš-šuḏḏānu	شَاذَّاتٌ‎; شَوَاذُّ šāḏḏātun‎; šawāḏḏu	الشَّاذَّاتُ‎; الشَّوَاذُّ aš-šāḏḏātu‎; aš-šawāḏḏu
accusative	شَاذِّينَ‎; شُذَّاذًا‎; شُذَّانًا šāḏḏīna‎; šuḏḏāḏan‎; šuḏḏānan	الشَّاذِّينَ‎; الشُّذَّاذَ‎; الشُّذَّانَ aš-šāḏḏīna‎; aš-šuḏḏāḏa‎; aš-šuḏḏāna	شَاذَّاتٍ‎; شَوَاذَّ šāḏḏātin‎; šawāḏḏa	الشَّاذَّاتِ‎; الشَّوَاذَّ aš-šāḏḏāti‎; aš-šawāḏḏa
genitive	شَاذِّينَ‎; شُذَّاذٍ‎; شُذَّانٍ šāḏḏīna‎; šuḏḏāḏin‎; šuḏḏānin	الشَّاذِّينَ‎; الشُّذَّاذِ‎; الشُّذَّانِ aš-šāḏḏīna‎; aš-šuḏḏāḏi‎; aš-šuḏḏāni	شَاذَّاتٍ‎; شَوَاذَّ šāḏḏātin‎; šawāḏḏa	الشَّاذَّاتِ‎; الشَّوَاذِّ aš-šāḏḏāti‎; aš-šawāḏḏi

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic شَاذّ (šāḏḏ, “irregular, queer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃazz/, /ʃaːz/

• (before a consonant) IPA^(key): /ʃazz/, [ʃæzːe]

Adjective

شاذ • (šāzz) (feminine شاذّة (šazza), masculine plural شواذّ (šawāzz))

1. (somewhat derogatory) gay, queer

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• շազ (şaz) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From Persian شاذ (šâz).

Adjective

شاذ • (şaz)

1. glad

Related terms

• شاد (şad)

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːð/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɒːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɔz]

Readings
Classical reading?	šāḏ
Dari reading?	šāz
Iranian reading?	šâz
Tajik reading?	šoz

Adjective

شاذ • (šâz)

1. (obsolete) glad

Related terms

• شاد (šâd)