أجدب

Arabic

Etymology

Color or defect adjective from the root ج د ب (j-d-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔad͡ʒ.dab/

Adjective

أَجْدَب • (ʔajdab) (feminine جَدْبَاء (jadbāʔ), common plural جُدْب (judb), feminine plural جَدْبَاوَات (jadbāwāt))

1. barren, waste, dry
2. sterile, infertile

Declension

Declension of adjective أَجْدَب (ʔajdab)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَجْدَب ʔajdab	الْأَجْدَب al-ʔajdab	جَدْبَاء jadbāʔ	الْجَدْبَاء al-jadbāʔ
Nominative	أَجْدَبُ ʔajdabu	الْأَجْدَبُ al-ʔajdabu	جَدْبَاءُ jadbāʔu	الْجَدْبَاءُ al-jadbāʔu
Accusative	أَجْدَبَ ʔajdaba	الْأَجْدَبَ al-ʔajdaba	جَدْبَاءَ jadbāʔa	الْجَدْبَاءَ al-jadbāʔa
Genitive	أَجْدَبَ ʔajdaba	الْأَجْدَبِ al-ʔajdabi	جَدْبَاءَ jadbāʔa	الْجَدْبَاءِ al-jadbāʔi
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَجْدَبَيْن ʔajdabayn	الْأَجْدَبَيْن al-ʔajdabayn	جَدْبَاوَيْن jadbāwayn	الْجَدْبَاوَيْن al-jadbāwayn
Nominative	أَجْدَبَانِ ʔajdabāni	الْأَجْدَبَانِ al-ʔajdabāni	جَدْبَاوَانِ jadbāwāni	الْجَدْبَاوَانِ al-jadbāwāni
Accusative	أَجْدَبَيْنِ ʔajdabayni	الْأَجْدَبَيْنِ al-ʔajdabayni	جَدْبَاوَيْنِ jadbāwayni	الْجَدْبَاوَيْنِ al-jadbāwayni
Genitive	أَجْدَبَيْنِ ʔajdabayni	الْأَجْدَبَيْنِ al-ʔajdabayni	جَدْبَاوَيْنِ jadbāwayni	الْجَدْبَاوَيْنِ al-jadbāwayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جُدْب judb	الْجُدْب al-judb	جَدْبَاوَات‎; جُدْب jadbāwāt‎; judb	الْجَدْبَاوَات‎; الْجُدْب al-jadbāwāt‎; al-judb
Nominative	جُدْبٌ judbun	الْجُدْبُ al-judbu	جَدْبَاوَاتٌ‎; جُدْبٌ jadbāwātun‎; judbun	الْجَدْبَاوَاتُ‎; الْجُدْبُ al-jadbāwātu‎; al-judbu
Accusative	جُدْبًا judban	الْجُدْبَ al-judba	جَدْبَاوَاتٍ‎; جُدْبًا jadbāwātin‎; judban	الْجَدْبَاوَاتِ‎; الْجُدْبَ al-jadbāwāti‎; al-judba
Genitive	جُدْبٍ judbin	الْجُدْبِ al-judbi	جَدْبَاوَاتٍ‎; جُدْبٍ jadbāwātin‎; judbin	الْجَدْبَاوَاتِ‎; الْجُدْبِ al-jadbāwāti‎; al-judbi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أجدب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

North Levantine Arabic

Root
ج د ب
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic أَجْدَب (ʔajdab).

Adjective

أجدب • (ʔajdab) (feminine جدبا (jadba))

1. stupid

   العمى شو أجدب ― il-ʕama šū l-ʔajdab ― Oh my, how stupid!

Related terms

• تجدبن (tjadban)