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رشد
رشد
Arabic
Verb
رَشَدَ • (rašada) I, non-past يَرْشُدُ (yaršudu) 
رَشِدَ • (rašida) I, non-past يَرْشَدُ (yaršadu)
- to go the right way, to follow the right course
 - to hold the right belief, to be orthodox
 - to be well guided
 - to be of age
 
Conjugation
Conjugation of 
رَشَدَ
 (form-I sound, verbal noun رُشْد)|  verbal noun الْمَصْدَر  | 
  رُشْد 
rušd  | 
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|  active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل  | 
 
 rāšid  | 
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|  passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول  | 
  مَرْشُود 
maršūd  | 
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|  active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم  | ||||||||||||
|  singular الْمُفْرَد  | 
 dual الْمُثَنَّى  | 
 plural الْجَمْع  | 
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|  1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
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|  past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي  | 
m |  
 rašadtu  | 
 
 rašadta  | 
  رَشَدَ 
rašada  | 
  رَشَدْتُمَا 
rašadtumā  | 
  رَشَدَا 
rašadā  | 
 
 rašadnā  | 
 
 rašadtum  | 
 
 rašadū  | 
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| f |  
 rašadti  | 
 
 rašadat  | 
  رَشَدَتَا 
rašadatā  | 
 
 rašadtunna  | 
 
 rašadna  | 
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|  non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع  | 
m |  
 ʾaršudu  | 
 
 taršudu  | 
 
 yaršudu  | 
  تَرْشُدَانِ 
taršudāni  | 
  يَرْشُدَانِ 
yaršudāni  | 
 
 naršudu  | 
 
 taršudūna  | 
 
 yaršudūna  | 
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| f |  
 taršudīna  | 
 
 taršudu  | 
  تَرْشُدَانِ 
taršudāni  | 
 
 taršudna  | 
 
 yaršudna  | 
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|  subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب  | 
m |  
 ʾaršuda  | 
 
 taršuda  | 
 
 yaršuda  | 
  تَرْشُدَا 
taršudā  | 
  يَرْشُدَا 
yaršudā  | 
 
 naršuda  | 
 
 taršudū  | 
 
 yaršudū  | 
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| f |  
 taršudī  | 
 
 taršuda  | 
  تَرْشُدَا 
taršudā  | 
 
 taršudna  | 
 
 yaršudna  | 
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|  jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم  | 
m |  
 ʾaršud  | 
 
 taršud  | 
 
 yaršud  | 
  تَرْشُدَا 
taršudā  | 
  يَرْشُدَا 
yaršudā  | 
 
 naršud  | 
 
 taršudū  | 
 
 yaršudū  | 
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| f |  
 taršudī  | 
 
 taršud  | 
  تَرْشُدَا 
taršudā  | 
 
 taršudna  | 
 
 yaršudna  | 
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|  imperative الْأَمْر  | 
m |  
 uršud  | 
  اُرْشُدَا 
uršudā  | 
 
 uršudū  | 
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| f |  
 uršudī  | 
 
 uršudna  | 
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|  passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول  | ||||||||||||
|  singular الْمُفْرَد  | 
 dual الْمُثَنَّى  | 
 plural الْجَمْع  | 
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|  1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
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|  past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي  | 
m | — | — |   رُشِدَ 
rušida  | 
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
|  non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع  | 
m | — | — |  
 yuršadu  | 
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
|  subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب  | 
m | — | — |  
 yuršada  | 
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
|  jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم  | 
m | — | — |  
 yuršad  | 
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Conjugation of 
رَشِدَ
 (form-I sound, verbal nouns رَشَد or رَشَاد)|  verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر  | 
  
رَشَد or رَشَاد
 
rašad or rašād  | 
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|  active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل  | 
 
 rāšid  | 
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|  passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول  | 
  مَرْشُود 
maršūd  | 
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|  active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم  | ||||||||||||
|  singular الْمُفْرَد  | 
 dual الْمُثَنَّى  | 
 plural الْجَمْع  | 
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|  1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
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|  past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي  | 
m |  
 rašidtu  | 
 
 rašidta  | 
  رَشِدَ 
rašida  | 
  رَشِدْتُمَا 
rašidtumā  | 
  رَشِدَا 
rašidā  | 
 
 rašidnā  | 
 
 rašidtum  | 
 
 rašidū  | 
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| f |  
 rašidti  | 
 
 rašidat  | 
  رَشِدَتَا 
rašidatā  | 
 
 rašidtunna  | 
 
 rašidna  | 
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|  non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع  | 
m |  
 ʾaršadu  | 
 
 taršadu  | 
 
 yaršadu  | 
  تَرْشَدَانِ 
taršadāni  | 
  يَرْشَدَانِ 
yaršadāni  | 
 
 naršadu  | 
 
 taršadūna  | 
 
 yaršadūna  | 
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| f |  
 taršadīna  | 
 
 taršadu  | 
  تَرْشَدَانِ 
taršadāni  | 
 
 taršadna  | 
 
 yaršadna  | 
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|  subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب  | 
m |  
 ʾaršada  | 
 
 taršada  | 
 
 yaršada  | 
  تَرْشَدَا 
taršadā  | 
  يَرْشَدَا 
yaršadā  | 
 
 naršada  | 
 
 taršadū  | 
 
 yaršadū  | 
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| f |  
 taršadī  | 
 
 taršada  | 
  تَرْشَدَا 
taršadā  | 
 
 taršadna  | 
 
 yaršadna  | 
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|  jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم  | 
m |  
 ʾaršad  | 
 
 taršad  | 
 
 yaršad  | 
  تَرْشَدَا 
taršadā  | 
  يَرْشَدَا 
yaršadā  | 
 
 naršad  | 
 
 taršadū  | 
 
 yaršadū  | 
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| f |  
 taršadī  | 
 
 taršad  | 
  تَرْشَدَا 
taršadā  | 
 
 taršadna  | 
 
 yaršadna  | 
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|  imperative الْأَمْر  | 
m |  
 iršad  | 
  اِرْشَدَا 
iršadā  | 
 
 iršadū  | 
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| f |  
 iršadī  | 
 
 iršadna  | 
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|  passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول  | ||||||||||||
|  singular الْمُفْرَد  | 
 dual الْمُثَنَّى  | 
 plural الْجَمْع  | 
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|  1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
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|  past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي  | 
m | — | — |   رُشِدَ 
rušida  | 
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
|  non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع  | 
m | — | — |  
 yuršadu  | 
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
|  subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب  | 
m | — | — |  
 yuršada  | 
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
|  jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم  | 
m | — | — |  
 yuršad  | 
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
References
- “رشد” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
 - Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رشد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
 
Etymology 2
Causative of رَشَدَ (rašada, “to follow the right course, be orthodox”).
Verb
رَشَّدَ • (raššada) II, non-past يُرَشِّدُ (yuraššidu)
- to cause to follow the right course, to lead on the right course
 - to guide, to preserve from error
 - to cause to hold a right belief, to cause to be orthodox
 - to pronounce (someone) to be one who follows the right course (said of a judge)
 - to pronounce (someone) to be orthodox (said of a judge)
 
Conjugation
Conjugation of 
رَشَّدَ
 (form-II sound)|  verbal noun الْمَصْدَر  | 
 
 taršīd  | 
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|  active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل  | 
  مُرَشِّد 
muraššid  | 
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|  passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول  | 
  مُرَشَّد 
muraššad  | 
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|  active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم  | ||||||||||||
|  singular الْمُفْرَد  | 
 dual الْمُثَنَّى  | 
 plural الْجَمْع  | 
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|  1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
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|  past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي  | 
m |  
 raššadtu  | 
 
 raššadta  | 
  رَشَّدَ 
raššada  | 
  رَشَّدْتُمَا 
raššadtumā  | 
  رَشَّدَا 
raššadā  | 
 
 raššadnā  | 
 
 raššadtum  | 
 
 raššadū  | 
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| f |  
 raššadti  | 
 
 raššadat  | 
  رَشَّدَتَا 
raššadatā  | 
 
 raššadtunna  | 
 
 raššadna  | 
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|  non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع  | 
m |  
 ʾuraššidu  | 
 
 turaššidu  | 
 
 yuraššidu  | 
  تُرَشِّدَانِ 
turaššidāni  | 
  يُرَشِّدَانِ 
yuraššidāni  | 
 
 nuraššidu  | 
 
 turaššidūna  | 
 
 yuraššidūna  | 
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| f |  
 turaššidīna  | 
 
 turaššidu  | 
  تُرَشِّدَانِ 
turaššidāni  | 
 
 turaššidna  | 
 
 yuraššidna  | 
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|  subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب  | 
m |  
 ʾuraššida  | 
 
 turaššida  | 
 
 yuraššida  | 
  تُرَشِّدَا 
turaššidā  | 
  يُرَشِّدَا 
yuraššidā  | 
 
 nuraššida  | 
 
 turaššidū  | 
 
 yuraššidū  | 
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| f |  
 turaššidī  | 
 
 turaššida  | 
  تُرَشِّدَا 
turaššidā  | 
 
 turaššidna  | 
 
 yuraššidna  | 
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|  jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم  | 
m |  
 ʾuraššid  | 
 
 turaššid  | 
 
 yuraššid  | 
  تُرَشِّدَا 
turaššidā  | 
  يُرَشِّدَا 
yuraššidā  | 
 
 nuraššid  | 
 
 turaššidū  | 
 
 yuraššidū  | 
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| f |  
 turaššidī  | 
 
 turaššid  | 
  تُرَشِّدَا 
turaššidā  | 
 
 turaššidna  | 
 
 yuraššidna  | 
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|  imperative الْأَمْر  | 
m |   رَشِّدْ 
raššid  | 
  رَشِّدَا 
raššidā  | 
 
 raššidū  | 
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| f |  
 raššidī  | 
 
 raššidna  | 
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|  passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول  | ||||||||||||
|  singular الْمُفْرَد  | 
 dual الْمُثَنَّى  | 
 plural الْجَمْع  | 
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|  1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
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|  past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي  | 
m |  
 ruššidtu  | 
 
 ruššidta  | 
  رُشِّدَ 
ruššida  | 
  رُشِّدْتُمَا 
ruššidtumā  | 
  رُشِّدَا 
ruššidā  | 
 
 ruššidnā  | 
 
 ruššidtum  | 
 
 ruššidū  | 
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| f |  
 ruššidti  | 
 
 ruššidat  | 
  رُشِّدَتَا 
ruššidatā  | 
 
 ruššidtunna  | 
 
 ruššidna  | 
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|  non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع  | 
m |  
 ʾuraššadu  | 
 
 turaššadu  | 
 
 yuraššadu  | 
  تُرَشَّدَانِ 
turaššadāni  | 
  يُرَشَّدَانِ 
yuraššadāni  | 
 
 nuraššadu  | 
 
 turaššadūna  | 
 
 yuraššadūna  | 
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| f |  
 turaššadīna  | 
 
 turaššadu  | 
  تُرَشَّدَانِ 
turaššadāni  | 
 
 turaššadna  | 
 
 yuraššadna  | 
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|  subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب  | 
m |  
 ʾuraššada  | 
 
 turaššada  | 
 
 yuraššada  | 
  تُرَشَّدَا 
turaššadā  | 
  يُرَشَّدَا 
yuraššadā  | 
 
 nuraššada  | 
 
 turaššadū  | 
 
 yuraššadū  | 
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| f |  
 turaššadī  | 
 
 turaššada  | 
  تُرَشَّدَا 
turaššadā  | 
 
 turaššadna  | 
 
 yuraššadna  | 
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|  jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم  | 
m |  
 ʾuraššad  | 
 
 turaššad  | 
 
 yuraššad  | 
  تُرَشَّدَا 
turaššadā  | 
  يُرَشَّدَا 
yuraššadā  | 
 
 nuraššad  | 
 
 turaššadū  | 
 
 yuraššadū  | 
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| f |  
 turaššadī  | 
 
 turaššad  | 
  تُرَشَّدَا 
turaššadā  | 
 
 turaššadna  | 
 
 yuraššadna  | 
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References
- “رشد” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
 - Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رشد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
 
Etymology 3
Noun
رُشْد • (rušd) m
- verbal noun of رَشَدَ (rašada) (form I)
 - going the right way, following the right course
 - holding the right belief, being orthodox
 - being well guided
 -  being of age, maturity of intellect
- بَلَغَ رُشْدَهُ ― balaḡa rušdahu ― he came of age
 
 - rectitude, right conduct combined with firmness
 
Declension
Declension of noun رُشْد (rušd)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal |  رُشْد rušd  | 
 الرُّشْد ar-rušd  | 
 رُشْد rušd  | 
| Nominative |  رُشْدٌ rušdun  | 
 الرُّشْدُ ar-rušdu  | 
 رُشْدُ rušdu  | 
| Accusative |  رُشْدًا rušdan  | 
 الرُّشْدَ ar-rušda  | 
 رُشْدَ rušda  | 
| Genitive |  رُشْدٍ rušdin  | 
 الرُّشْدِ ar-rušdi  | 
 رُشْدِ rušdi  | 
References
- “رشد” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
 - Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رشد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
 
Etymology 4
Noun
رَشَد • (rašad) m
- verbal noun of رَشِدَ (rašida) (form I)
 - going the right way, following the right course
 - holding the right belief, being orthodox
 - being well guided
 - being of age, maturity of intellect
 - rectitude, right conduct combined with firmness
 - right path
 
Declension
Declension of noun رَشَد (rašad)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal |  رَشَد rašad  | 
 الرَّشَد ar-rašad  | 
 رَشَد rašad  | 
| Nominative |  رَشَدٌ rašadun  | 
 الرَّشَدُ ar-rašadu  | 
 رَشَدُ rašadu  | 
| Accusative |  رَشَدًا rašadan  | 
 الرَّشَدَ ar-rašada  | 
 رَشَدَ rašada  | 
| Genitive |  رَشَدٍ rašadin  | 
 الرَّشَدِ ar-rašadi  | 
 رَشَدِ rašadi  | 
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رشد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
 - Wehr, Hans (1979), “رشد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4