عسجد

Arabic

Etymology

According to Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou “without doubt” from an elative from the root س ج د (s j d), meaning originally aught “most worthy of bowing down”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕas.d͡ʒad/

Noun

عَسْجَد • (ʕasjad) m

1. gold

   Synonym: ذَهَب (ḏahab)

Declension

Declension of noun عَسْجَد (ʕasjad)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَسْجَد ʕasjad	الْعَسْجَد al-ʕasjad	عَسْجَد ʕasjad
Nominative	عَسْجَدٌ ʕasjadun	الْعَسْجَدُ al-ʕasjadu	عَسْجَدُ ʕasjadu
Accusative	عَسْجَدًا ʕasjadan	الْعَسْجَدَ al-ʕasjada	عَسْجَدَ ʕasjada
Genitive	عَسْجَدٍ ʕasjadin	الْعَسْجَدِ al-ʕasjadi	عَسْجَدِ ʕasjadi

Derived terms

• عَسْجَدِيَّة (ʕasjadiyya, “chrysomonadina”)

References

• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 863