أبجد

See also: ابجد‎, اتخذ‎, أتخذ‎, اتحد‎, and أتحد‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the first four letters of the Arabic alphabet arranged in the old style, which is similar to the Greek and Hebrew order: أ ب ج د‎. This is the standard alphabetical order used in lists and for numbering paragraphs. The alphabet is divided into these eight barbarous words, as memorialized in a popular children’s song:

أبجد هوز حطي كلمن سعفص قرشت ثخذ ضظغ ʾabjad hawwaz ḥaṭṭī kalaman saʿafaṣ qarašat ṯaxxaḏ ḍaẓẓağ

Noun

أَبْجَد • (ʾabjad) m (plural أَبْجَدَات‎ (ʾabjadāt))

alphabet, abjad
(plural) elementary facts, simple truths

Declension

Declension of noun أَبْجَد (ʾabjad)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبْجَد ʾabjad	الْأَبْجَد‎ al-ʾabjad	أَبْجَد ʾabjad
Nominative	أَبْجَدٌ ʾabjadun	الْأَبْجَدُ‎ al-ʾabjadu	أَبْجَدُ ʾabjadu
Accusative	أَبْجَدًا‎ ʾabjadan	الْأَبْجَدَ‎ al-ʾabjada	أَبْجَدَ ʾabjada
Genitive	أَبْجَدٍ ʾabjadin	الْأَبْجَدِ‎ al-ʾabjadi	أَبْجَدِ ʾabjadi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبْجَدَيْن‎ ʾabjadayn	الْأَبْجَدَيْن‎ al-ʾabjadayn	أَبْجَدَيْ‎ ʾabjaday
Nominative	أَبْجَدَانِ‎ ʾabjadāni	الْأَبْجَدَانِ‎ al-ʾabjadāni	أَبْجَدَا‎ ʾabjadā
Accusative	أَبْجَدَيْنِ‎ ʾabjadayni	الْأَبْجَدَيْنِ‎ al-ʾabjadayni	أَبْجَدَيْ‎ ʾabjaday
Genitive	أَبْجَدَيْنِ‎ ʾabjadayni	الْأَبْجَدَيْنِ‎ al-ʾabjadayni	أَبْجَدَيْ‎ ʾabjaday
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبْجَدَات‎ ʾabjadāt	الْأَبْجَدَات‎ al-ʾabjadāt	أَبْجَدَات‎ ʾabjadāt
Nominative	أَبْجَدَاتٌ‎ ʾabjadātun	الْأَبْجَدَاتُ‎ al-ʾabjadātu	أَبْجَدَاتُ‎ ʾabjadātu
Accusative	أَبْجَدَاتٍ‎ ʾabjadātin	الْأَبْجَدَاتِ‎ al-ʾabjadāti	أَبْجَدَاتِ‎ ʾabjadāti
Genitive	أَبْجَدَاتٍ‎ ʾabjadātin	الْأَبْجَدَاتِ‎ al-ʾabjadāti	أَبْجَدَاتِ‎ ʾabjadāti

Related terms

أَبْجَدِيّ‎ (ʾabjadiyy)
أَبْجَدِيَّة‎ (ʾabjadiyya)