Arabic

Root

ع د د • ‎(ʿ d d)

1. relating to counting and preparing

Derived terms

Verbs and verb derivatives

• Form I: عَدَّ ‎(ʿadda, “count, enumerate, calculate, consider”)
  • Verbal noun: عَدّ ‎(ʿadd, “counting, enumeration, calculation”)
  • Active participle: عَادّ ‎(ʿādd)
  • Passive participle: مَعْدُود ‎(maʿdūd, “countable, calculable, limited in number, few”)
• Form II: عَدَّدَ ‎(ʿaddada, “to count off, lament, multiply”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْدِيد ‎(taʿdīd)
  • Active participle: مُعَدِّد ‎(muʿaddid)
  • Passive participle: مُعَدَّد ‎(muʿaddad)
• Form IV: أَعَدَّ ‎(ʾaʿadda, “to prepare, get ready, adapt, adjust, arrange, draw up”)
  • Verbal noun: إِعْدَاد ‎(ʾiʿdād, “preparation, readying, arranging, drawing up”)
  • Active participle: مُعِدّ ‎(muʿidd)
  • Passive participle: مُعَدّ ‎(muʿadd, “intended, prepared”)
• Form V: تَعَدَّدَ ‎(taʿaddada, “to be or become numerous, to multiply, increase in number”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَدُّد ‎(taʿaddud, “variety, diversity, multiplicity, plurality, multitude”)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَدِّد ‎(mutaʿaddid, “manifold, numerous, various, diverse, multi-, poly-”)
• Form VIII: اِعْتَدَّ ‎(iʿtadda, “to regard, deem, rely on”)
  • Verbal noun: اِعْتِدَاد ‎(iʿtidād, “confidence, reliance, trust”)
  • Active participle: مُعْتَدّ ‎(muʿtadd)
  • Passive participle: مُعْتَدّ ‎(muʿtadd)
• Form X: اِسْتَعَدَّ ‎(istaʿadda, “to get ready, prepare oneself, be ready”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِعْدَاد ‎(istiʿdād)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَعِدّ ‎(mustaʿidd, “ready, predisposed, susceptible”)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَعَدّ ‎(mustaʿadd)

Nouns and other parts of speech

• عَدِّيَّة ‎(ʿaddiyya, “numeration, recitation”)
• عُدَّة ‎(ʿudda, “readiness, equipment”)
• عِدَّة ‎(ʿidda, “number; several”)
• عَدَد ‎(ʿadad, “number, numeral, figure, digit, cipher, quantity”)
  • عَدَدِيّ ‎(ʿadadiyy, “numerical, numeral”)
• عَدِيد ‎(ʿadīd, “numerous, frequent”)
• عَدَّاد ‎(ʿaddād, “counter, meter, measuring instrument”, occupational noun)
• مِعْدَاد ‎(miʿdād, “abacus”, tool noun), plural مَعَادِيد ‎(maʿādīd)
• مُعَدِّدَة ‎(muʿaddida, “hired female mourner”)
• اِعْدَادِيّ ‎(iʿdādiyy, “preparatory”)
• اِسْتِعْدَادِيّ ‎(istiʿdādiyy, “preparatory”)
• مُعَدَّات ‎(muʿaddāt, “equipment, gear, appliances, gadgets”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “عد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4