جيد

See also: جید

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ج و د (j w d)
9 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaj.jid/

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Adjective

جَيِّد • (jayyid) (feminine جَيِّدَة (jayyida), masculine plural جَيِّدُونَ (jayyidūna), feminine plural جَيِّدَات (jayyidāt), elative أَجْوَد (ʔajwad))

1. of good quality, excellent, approvable
2. good, goodly

Declension

Declension of adjective جَيِّد (jayyid)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَيِّد jayyid	الْجَيِّد al-jayyid	جَيِّدَة jayyida	الْجَيِّدَة al-jayyida
Nominative	جَيِّدٌ jayyidun	الْجَيِّدُ al-jayyidu	جَيِّدَةٌ jayyidatun	الْجَيِّدَةُ al-jayyidatu
Accusative	جَيِّدًا jayyidan	الْجَيِّدَ al-jayyida	جَيِّدَةً jayyidatan	الْجَيِّدَةَ al-jayyidata
Genitive	جَيِّدٍ jayyidin	الْجَيِّدِ al-jayyidi	جَيِّدَةٍ jayyidatin	الْجَيِّدَةِ al-jayyidati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَيِّدَيْن jayyidayn	الْجَيِّدَيْن al-jayyidayn	جَيِّدَتَيْن jayyidatayn	الْجَيِّدَتَيْن al-jayyidatayn
Nominative	جَيِّدَانِ jayyidāni	الْجَيِّدَانِ al-jayyidāni	جَيِّدَتَانِ jayyidatāni	الْجَيِّدَتَانِ al-jayyidatāni
Accusative	جَيِّدَيْنِ jayyidayni	الْجَيِّدَيْنِ al-jayyidayni	جَيِّدَتَيْنِ jayyidatayni	الْجَيِّدَتَيْنِ al-jayyidatayni
Genitive	جَيِّدَيْنِ jayyidayni	الْجَيِّدَيْنِ al-jayyidayni	جَيِّدَتَيْنِ jayyidatayni	الْجَيِّدَتَيْنِ al-jayyidatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَيِّدِين jayyidīn	الْجَيِّدِين al-jayyidīn	جَيِّدَات jayyidāt	الْجَيِّدَات al-jayyidāt
Nominative	جَيِّدُونَ jayyidūna	الْجَيِّدُونَ al-jayyidūna	جَيِّدَاتٌ jayyidātun	الْجَيِّدَاتُ al-jayyidātu
Accusative	جَيِّدِينَ jayyidīna	الْجَيِّدِينَ al-jayyidīna	جَيِّدَاتٍ jayyidātin	الْجَيِّدَاتِ al-jayyidāti
Genitive	جَيِّدِينَ jayyidīna	الْجَيِّدِينَ al-jayyidīna	جَيِّدَاتٍ jayyidātin	الْجَيِّدَاتِ al-jayyidāti

Antonyms

• رَدِيء (radīʔ)

See also

• طَيِّب (ṭayyib)

Etymology 2

From the root the ج و د (j-w-d) in the sense of being well-proportioned; a root ج ي د (j-y-d) being thereafter formed from this noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiːd/

Noun

جِيد • (jīd) m (plural أَجْيَاد (ʔajyād) or جُيُود (juyūd))

1. a neck, especially one that is long, beautiful, or slender
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 111:5:

     فِي جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍ

     Fī jīdihā ḥablu'm mi'm masadⁱⁿ

     Around her neck is a rope of fiber.

   • 10th century, ʾAbu 'ṭ-Ṭayyib ʾAḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbiʾ al-Kindī (915–965), “Poem #201”, in The Works of 'Abū al-Ṭayyib al-Mutanabbī, volume 3, Dār Al-Ma‘rifah, published 1978, page 202:

     أَغْنَاهُ حُسْنُ الْجِيدِ عَنْ لُبْسِ الْحُلِي
     وَعَادَةُ الْعُرْيِ عَنِ التَّفَضُّلِ

     ʾaḡnāhu ḥusnu 'l-jīdi ʿan lubsi 'l-ḥulī
     wa ʿādatu 'l-ʿuryi ʿani 't-tafaḍḍulⁱ

     The beauty of the neck sufficed him from the wearing of jewellery / and a habit of being devoid of kindness.

Declension

Declension of noun جِيد (jīd)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِيد jīd	الْجِيد al-jīd	جِيد jīd
Nominative	جِيدٌ jīdun	الْجِيدُ al-jīdu	جِيدُ jīdu
Accusative	جِيدًا jīdan	الْجِيدَ al-jīda	جِيدَ jīda
Genitive	جِيدٍ jīdin	الْجِيدِ al-jīdi	جِيدِ jīdi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِيدَيْن jīdayn	الْجِيدَيْن al-jīdayn	جِيدَيْ jīday
Nominative	جِيدَانِ jīdāni	الْجِيدَانِ al-jīdāni	جِيدَا jīdā
Accusative	جِيدَيْنِ jīdayni	الْجِيدَيْنِ al-jīdayni	جِيدَيْ jīday
Genitive	جِيدَيْنِ jīdayni	الْجِيدَيْنِ al-jīdayni	جِيدَيْ jīday
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَجْيَاد‎; جُيُود ʔajyād‎; juyūd	الْأَجْيَاد‎; الْجُيُود al-ʔajyād‎; al-juyūd	أَجْيَاد‎; جُيُود ʔajyād‎; juyūd
Nominative	أَجْيَادٌ‎; جُيُودٌ ʔajyādun‎; juyūdun	الْأَجْيَادُ‎; الْجُيُودُ al-ʔajyādu‎; al-juyūdu	أَجْيَادُ‎; جُيُودُ ʔajyādu‎; juyūdu
Accusative	أَجْيَادًا‎; جُيُودًا ʔajyādan‎; juyūdan	الْأَجْيَادَ‎; الْجُيُودَ al-ʔajyāda‎; al-juyūda	أَجْيَادَ‎; جُيُودَ ʔajyāda‎; juyūda
Genitive	أَجْيَادٍ‎; جُيُودٍ ʔajyādin‎; juyūdin	الْأَجْيَادِ‎; الْجُيُودِ al-ʔajyādi‎; al-juyūdi	أَجْيَادِ‎; جُيُودِ ʔajyādi‎; juyūdi

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: ճիտ (čit)
• → Persian: جید (jid)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “جيد”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 231
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “جيد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 322
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “جيد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 329
• Fīrūzābādī (1834) Al-uqiyānūs al-basīt‎^[4], 2nd edition, volume I, translated from Arabic into Ottoman Turkish by Aḥmad ʻĀṣim, Constantinople, page 593
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جيد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[5], London: W.H. Allen, page 256b
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “جيد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 173
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “جود”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[6], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 481-483
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “جيد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[7], London: Williams & Norgate, page 493