الأحد

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ء ح د (ʔ ḥ d)
4 terms

الْـ (al-) +‎ أَحَد (ʔaḥad), literally “the one”, as a phono-semantic matching of Classical Syriac ܚܰܕ ܒܫܱܒܴ݁ܐ (ḥaḏ bəšabbā, literally “the one of the week”). Displaced أَوْل (ʔawl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ʔa.ħad/

• Audio (Algeria):

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Proper noun

الْأَحَد • (al-ʔaḥad) m

1. Sunday

Declension

Declension of noun اَلْأَحَد (al-ʔaḥad)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْأَحَد al-ʔaḥad	—
Nominative	—	الْأَحَدُ al-ʔaḥadu	—
Accusative	—	الْأَحَدَ al-ʔaḥada	—
Genitive	—	الْأَحَدِ al-ʔaḥadi	—
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْأَحَدَيْن al-ʔaḥadayn	—
Nominative	—	الْأَحَدَانِ al-ʔaḥadāni	—
Accusative	—	الْأَحَدَيْنِ al-ʔaḥadayni	—
Genitive	—	الْأَحَدَيْنِ al-ʔaḥadayni	—
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْآحَاد al-ʔāḥād	—
Nominative	—	الْآحَادُ al-ʔāḥādu	—
Accusative	—	الْآحَادَ al-ʔāḥāda	—
Genitive	—	الْآحَادِ al-ʔāḥādi	—

Synonyms

• يَوْم الْأَحَد (yawm al-ʔaḥad)

Descendants

• → Afar: acád
• → Ladino: alhad
• → Hausa: Lahadi
  • → Yoruba: Àlàádì
• → Maltese: Ħadd
• → Somali: axad

See also

• (days of the week) أَيَّامُ الْأُسْبُوع (ʔayyāmu al-ʔusbūʕ); الْأَحَد (al-ʔaḥad), الْاِثْنَيْن (al-iṯnayn), الثُّلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯulāṯāʔ), الْأَرْبِعَاء (al-ʔarbiʕāʔ), الْخَمِيس (al-ḵamīs), الْجُمُعَة (al-jumuʕa), السَّبْت (as-sabt) ^{(Category: ar:Days of the week)}

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ء ح د
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic الْأَحَد (al-ʔaḥad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ʔa.ħad/

Proper noun

الأحد • (al-ʔaḥad) m

1. Sunday

See also

• (days of the week) أيّام الأسبوع (ʔayyām al-ʔusbūʕ); الأحد (al-ʔaḥad), الاثنين (al-ʔitnēn, al-ʔiṯnēn), الثلثا (at-tulata, aṯ-ṯulaṯa) or الثلوث (at-talūt, aṯ-ṯalūṯ), الأربعا (al-ʔarbiʕa) or الربوع (ar-rabūʕ), الخميس (al-ḵamīs), الجمعة (al-jumʕa), السبت (as-sabt) ^{(Category: acw:Days of the week)}

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic الْأَحَد (al-ʔaḥad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il.ʔa.ħad/, [ɪlˈʔa.ħad]

• Audio (Amman):

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Proper noun

الأحد • (il-ʔaḥad) m

1. Sunday

   Synonym: يوم الأحد (yōm il-ʔaḥad)

Alternative forms

• الحد (il-ḥadd)

See also

• (days of the week) أيّام الأسبوع (ʔayyām il-ʔusbūʕ); الأحد (il-ʔaḥad), الإتنين (il-ʔitnēn), التلاتا (it-talāta), الأربعا (il-ʔarbiʕa), الخميس (il-ḵamīs), الجمعة (il-jumʕa), السبت (is-sabt) ^{(Category: ajp:Days of the week)}