أرد

See also: آرد and أزد

Arabic

Etymology 1

Elative from the root ر د د (r-d-d); compare رَدَّ (radda, “to return, to bring back”). Original sense "more/most productive of a return".

Adjective

أَرَدّ • (ʔaradd)

1. more useful, more profitable; most useful, most profitable [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘to someone’]

Declension

Declension of adjective أَرَدّ (ʔaradd)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَرَدّ ʔaradd	الْأَرَدّ al-ʔaradd	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَرَدُّ ʔaraddu	الْأَرَدُّ al-ʔaraddu	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَرَدَّ ʔaradda	الْأَرَدَّ al-ʔaradda	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَرَدَّ ʔaradda	الْأَرَدِّ al-ʔaraddi	? ?	? ?
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَرَدَّيْن ʔaraddayn	الْأَرَدَّيْن al-ʔaraddayn	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَرَدَّانِ ʔaraddāni	الْأَرَدَّانِ al-ʔaraddāni	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَرَدَّيْنِ ʔaraddayni	الْأَرَدَّيْنِ al-ʔaraddayni	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَرَدَّيْنِ ʔaraddayni	الْأَرَدَّيْنِ al-ʔaraddayni	? ?	? ?
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		plural unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
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References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

أرد (form I)

1. أَرُدُّ (ʔaruddu) /ʔa.rud.du/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of رَدَّ (radda)
2. أُرَدُّ (ʔuraddu) /ʔu.rad.du/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of رَدَّ (radda)
3. أَرُدَّ (ʔarudda) /ʔa.rud.da/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive of رَدَّ (radda)
4. أُرَدَّ (ʔuradda) /ʔu.rad.da/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive of رَدَّ (radda)
5. أَرُدِّ (ʔaruddi) /ʔa.rud.di/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of رَدَّ (radda)
6. أُرَدِّ (ʔuraddi) /ʔu.rad.di/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of رَدَّ (radda)

Etymology 3

Verb

أرد (form I)

1. أَرِدُ (ʔaridu) /ʔa.ri.du/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of وَرَدَ (warada)
2. أَرِدَ (ʔarida) /ʔa.ri.da/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of وَرَدَ (warada)
3. أَرِدْ (ʔarid) /ʔa.rid/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of وَرَدَ (warada)

Etymology 4

Verb

أرد (form IV)

1. أُرِدْ (ʔurid) /ʔu.rid/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَرَادَ (ʔarāda)
2. أُرَدْ (ʔurad) /ʔu.rad/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of أَرَادَ (ʔarāda)
3. أَرِدْ (ʔarid) /ʔa.rid/: second-person masculine singular imperative of أَرَادَ (ʔarāda)