أحد

See also: احد‎, أخذ‎, أجد‎, اخذ‎, and آخذ‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ء ح د‎ (ʾ-ḥ-d), related to the root و ح د‎ (w-ḥ-d) of وَاحِد‎ (wāḥid, “one”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾaḥad-. Cognate with Hebrew אֶחָד‎ (ekhád, “one”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.ħad/

Noun

أَحَد • (ʾaḥad) m

  1. one
    • 7th century CE, The Quran‎:
      قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّٰهُ أَحَدٌ / ٱللَّٰهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ / لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ / وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
      qul huwa llāhu ʾaḥadun / llāhu ṣ-ṣamadu / lam yalid wa-lam yūlad / wa-lam yakun lahu kufuwan ʾaḥadun
      Say: He, Allah, is one. / Allah is He on Whom all depend. / He begets not, nor is He begotten; / And not anyone is like Him.
  2. somebody, someone
  3. anybody, anyone
    • 7th century CE, The Quran‎:
      قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّٰهُ أَحَدٌ / ٱللَّٰهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ / لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ / وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ‎
      qul huwa llāhu ʾaḥadun / llāhu ṣ-ṣamadu / lam yalid wa-lam yūlad / wa-lam yakun lahu kufuwan ʾaḥadun
      Say: He, Allah, is one. / Allah is He on Whom all depend. / He begets not, nor is He begotten; / And not anyone is like Him.
Declension

Noun

أَحَد • (ʾaḥad) m (feminine إِحْدَى‎ (ʾiḥdā))

  1. one
    ‏أَحَدٌ وَعِشْرُونَ‎ ― ʾaḥadun wa-ʿišrūna ― twenty-one (literally, “one and twenty”)
    ‏إِحْدَى وَعِشْرُونَ‎ ― ʾiḥdā wa-ʿišrūna ― twenty-one (literally, “one and twenty”)
    ‏أَحَدَ عَشَرَ‎ ― ʾaḥada ʿašara ― eleven
    ‏إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ‎ ― ʾiḥdā ʿašrata ― eleven
  2. (with a following genitive) one of
Derived terms
  • أَحَدِيّ‎ (ʾaḥadiyy)
  • أَحَدِيَّة‎ (ʾaḥadiyya)
  • أُحَدِيّ‎ (ʾuḥadiyy)
  • آحَاد‎ (ʾāḥād)
    • آحَادِيّ‎ (ʾāḥādiyy)
  • أَحَّدَ‎ (ʾaḥḥada, “unite, unify”)

Etymology 2

Elative of حَادّ‎ (ḥādd, “sharp, vehement”) and حَدّ‎ (ḥadd, “violent, passionate”), from the root ح د د‎ (ḥ-d-d).

Adjective

أَحَدّ • (ʾaḥadd) (feminine حُدَّى‎ (ḥuddā), masculine plural أَحَدُّون‎ (ʾaḥaddūn), feminine plural حُدَّيَات‎ (ḥuddayāt))

  1. elative degree of حَادّ‎ (ḥādd):
    1. more acute, sharper, more cutting; most acute, sharpest, most cutting; very acute, sharp or cutting
    2. more vehement; most vehement; very vehement
  2. elative degree of حَدّ‎ (ḥadd):
    1. more violent, more passionate; most violent, most passionate; very violent, very passionate
  3. fierce
  4. (wolf) with sharp teeth
Declension
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أحد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “حد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Verb

أَحَدُّ • (ʾaḥaddu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)

Verb

أَحَدَّ • (ʾaḥadda) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)
  2. first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)

Verb

أَحَدِّ • (ʾaḥaddi) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)

Verb

أَحِدُّ • (ʾaḥiddu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)

Verb

أَحِدَّ • (ʾaḥidda) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)
  2. first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)

Verb

أَحِدِّ • (ʾaḥiddi) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)

Verb

أَحُدُّ • (ʾaḥuddu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)

Verb

أَحُدَّ • (ʾaḥudda) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)
  2. first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)

Verb

أَحُدِّ • (ʾaḥuddi) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)

Verb

أُحَدُّ • (ʾuḥaddu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)

Verb

أُحَدَّ • (ʾuḥadda) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)
  2. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)

Verb

أُحَدِّ • (ʾuḥaddi) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of حَدَّ‎ (ḥadda)

Etymology 4

Verb

أَحِدُ • (ʾaḥidu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of وَحَدَ‎ (waḥada)
  2. first-person singular non-past active indicative of وَحِدَ‎ (waḥida)
  3. first-person singular non-past active indicative of وَحُدَ‎ (waḥuda)

Verb

أَحِدَ • (ʾaḥida) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of وَحَدَ‎ (waḥada)
  2. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of وَحِدَ‎ (waḥida)
  3. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of وَحُدَ‎ (waḥuda)

Verb

أَحِدْ • (ʾaḥid) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of وَحَدَ‎ (waḥada)
  2. first-person singular non-past active jussive of وَحِدَ‎ (waḥida)
  3. first-person singular non-past active jussive of وَحُدَ‎ (waḥuda)
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