سيد

See also: سید

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س و د (s-w-d).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saj.jid/

Noun

سَيِّد (sayyid) m (plural سَادَة (sāda) or أَسْيَاد (ʾasyād), feminine سَيِّدَة (sayyida))

  1. master, lord, prince
  2. mister
  3. sir
  4. gentleman
  5. Sayyid (title of a male descendant of Mohammed)

Declension

Descendants

References

Adjective

سَيِّد (sayyid) (feminine سَيِّدَة (sayyida) or سَيِّد (sayyid), masculine plural سَادَة (sāda) or أَسْيَاد (ʾasyād), elative أَسْوَد (ʾaswad))

  1. liberal, generous
  2. noble, high-born
  3. wise

Declension

References

  • Lane, Edward William (1863), سيد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), سيد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), سود”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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