أردأ

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ر د ء (r d ʔ)
2 terms

Elative of رَدِيء (radīʔ, “bad, evil, wicked, corrupt, depraved; worthless; low, ignoble, vile, mean; vicious; disapproved, disliked, hated, abominable; weak, impotent”).

Adjective

أَرْدَأ • (ʔardaʔ)

1. elative degree of رَدِيء (radīʔ):
   1. worse, more evil, wickeder, more corrupt, more depraved; worst, most evil, wickedest, most corrupt, most depraved
   2. more worthless; most worthless
   3. lower, more ignoble, viler, meaner; lowest, most ignoble, vilest, meanest
   4. more vicious; most vicious
   5. more disapproved, more disliked, more hated, more abominable; most disapproved, most disliked, most hated, most abominable
   6. weaker, more impotent; weakest, most impotent

Declension

Declension of adjective أَرْدَأ (ʔardaʔ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَرْدَأ ʔardaʔ	الْأَرْدَأ al-ʔardaʔ	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَرْدَأُ ʔardaʔu	الْأَرْدَأُ al-ʔardaʔu	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَرْدَأَ ʔardaʔa	الْأَرْدَأَ al-ʔardaʔa	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَرْدَأَ ʔardaʔa	الْأَرْدَأِ al-ʔardaʔi	? ?	? ?
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَرْدَأَيْن ʔardaʔayn	الْأَرْدَأَيْن al-ʔardaʔayn	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَرْدَآنِ ʔardaʔāni	الْأَرْدَآنِ al-ʔardaʔāni	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَرْدَأَيْنِ ʔardaʔayni	الْأَرْدَأَيْنِ al-ʔardaʔayni	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَرْدَأَيْنِ ʔardaʔayni	الْأَرْدَأَيْنِ al-ʔardaʔayni	? ?	? ?
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		plural unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Nominative	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Accusative	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Genitive	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?

References

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