مجتهد

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of اِجْتَهَدَ (ijtahada, “to work hard, to strive”), from the root ج ه د (j-h-d).

Adjective

مُجْتَهِد • (mujtahid) (feminine مُجْتَهِدَة (mujtahida), masculine plural مُجْتَهِدُونَ (mujtahidūna), feminine plural مُجْتَهِدَات (mujtahidāt))

1. diligent, hardworking, industrious
2. exerting, striving

Declension

Declension of adjective مُجْتَهِد (mujtahid)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُجْتَهِد mujtahid	الْمُجْتَهِد al-mujtahid	مُجْتَهِدَة mujtahida	الْمُجْتَهِدَة al-mujtahida
Nominative	مُجْتَهِدٌ mujtahidun	الْمُجْتَهِدُ al-mujtahidu	مُجْتَهِدَةٌ mujtahidatun	الْمُجْتَهِدَةُ al-mujtahidatu
Accusative	مُجْتَهِدًا mujtahidan	الْمُجْتَهِدَ al-mujtahida	مُجْتَهِدَةً mujtahidatan	الْمُجْتَهِدَةَ al-mujtahidata
Genitive	مُجْتَهِدٍ mujtahidin	الْمُجْتَهِدِ al-mujtahidi	مُجْتَهِدَةٍ mujtahidatin	الْمُجْتَهِدَةِ al-mujtahidati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُجْتَهِدَيْن mujtahidayn	الْمُجْتَهِدَيْن al-mujtahidayn	مُجْتَهِدَتَيْن mujtahidatayn	الْمُجْتَهِدَتَيْن al-mujtahidatayn
Nominative	مُجْتَهِدَانِ mujtahidāni	الْمُجْتَهِدَانِ al-mujtahidāni	مُجْتَهِدَتَانِ mujtahidatāni	الْمُجْتَهِدَتَانِ al-mujtahidatāni
Accusative	مُجْتَهِدَيْنِ mujtahidayni	الْمُجْتَهِدَيْنِ al-mujtahidayni	مُجْتَهِدَتَيْنِ mujtahidatayni	الْمُجْتَهِدَتَيْنِ al-mujtahidatayni
Genitive	مُجْتَهِدَيْنِ mujtahidayni	الْمُجْتَهِدَيْنِ al-mujtahidayni	مُجْتَهِدَتَيْنِ mujtahidatayni	الْمُجْتَهِدَتَيْنِ al-mujtahidatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُجْتَهِدِين mujtahidīn	الْمُجْتَهِدِين al-mujtahidīn	مُجْتَهِدَات mujtahidāt	الْمُجْتَهِدَات al-mujtahidāt
Nominative	مُجْتَهِدُونَ mujtahidūna	الْمُجْتَهِدُونَ al-mujtahidūna	مُجْتَهِدَاتٌ mujtahidātun	الْمُجْتَهِدَاتُ al-mujtahidātu
Accusative	مُجْتَهِدِينَ mujtahidīna	الْمُجْتَهِدِينَ al-mujtahidīna	مُجْتَهِدَاتٍ mujtahidātin	الْمُجْتَهِدَاتِ al-mujtahidāti
Genitive	مُجْتَهِدِينَ mujtahidīna	الْمُجْتَهِدِينَ al-mujtahidīna	مُجْتَهِدَاتٍ mujtahidātin	الْمُجْتَهِدَاتِ al-mujtahidāti

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مجتهد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “جهد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

مُجْتَهِد • (mujtahid) m (plural مُجْتَهِدُون (mujtahidūn))

1. (Islamic law) mujtahid (lawyer entitled to give decisions)

Hypernyms

• عَالِم (ʕālim)

Hyponyms

• مُجْتَهِدٌ مُطْلَق (mujtahidun muṭlaq) ،مُجْتَهِدٌ مُقَيَّد (mujtahidun muqayyad)

Declension

Declension of noun مُجْتَهِد (mujtahid)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُجْتَهِد mujtahid	الْمُجْتَهِد al-mujtahid	مُجْتَهِد mujtahid
Nominative	مُجْتَهِدٌ mujtahidun	الْمُجْتَهِدُ al-mujtahidu	مُجْتَهِدُ mujtahidu
Accusative	مُجْتَهِدًا mujtahidan	الْمُجْتَهِدَ al-mujtahida	مُجْتَهِدَ mujtahida
Genitive	مُجْتَهِدٍ mujtahidin	الْمُجْتَهِدِ al-mujtahidi	مُجْتَهِدِ mujtahidi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُجْتَهِدَيْن mujtahidayn	الْمُجْتَهِدَيْن al-mujtahidayn	مُجْتَهِدَيْ mujtahiday
Nominative	مُجْتَهِدَانِ mujtahidāni	الْمُجْتَهِدَانِ al-mujtahidāni	مُجْتَهِدَا mujtahidā
Accusative	مُجْتَهِدَيْنِ mujtahidayni	الْمُجْتَهِدَيْنِ al-mujtahidayni	مُجْتَهِدَيْ mujtahiday
Genitive	مُجْتَهِدَيْنِ mujtahidayni	الْمُجْتَهِدَيْنِ al-mujtahidayni	مُجْتَهِدَيْ mujtahiday
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُجْتَهِدِين mujtahidīn	الْمُجْتَهِدِين al-mujtahidīn	مُجْتَهِدِي mujtahidī
Nominative	مُجْتَهِدُونَ mujtahidūna	الْمُجْتَهِدُونَ al-mujtahidūna	مُجْتَهِدُو mujtahidū
Accusative	مُجْتَهِدِينَ mujtahidīna	الْمُجْتَهِدِينَ al-mujtahidīna	مُجْتَهِدِي mujtahidī
Genitive	مُجْتَهِدِينَ mujtahidīna	الْمُجْتَهِدِينَ al-mujtahidīna	مُجْتَهِدِي mujtahidī

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مجتهد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “جهد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN