Arabic

Noun

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

1. one
   • Qur'an 112

     قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ / ٱللّٰهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ / لَمۡ يَلِدۡ وَلَمۡ يُولَدۡ / وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُ ۥ ڪُفُوًا أَحَدٌ‎

     Say: He, Allah, is one. / Allah is He on Whom all depend. / He begets not, nor is He begotten; / And none is like Him.

2. somebody, someone
3. (negative sentences and questions) anybody, anyone
   • Qur'an 112

     قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ / ٱللّٰهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ / لَمۡ يَلِدۡ وَلَمۡ يُولَدۡ / وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُ ۥ ڪُفُوًا أَحَدٌ‎

     qul huwa l-lāhu ʾaḥadun / [a]l-lāhu ṣ-ṣamadu / lam yalid wa-lam yūlad / wa-lam yaku llahū kufuwan ʾaḥadun

     Say: He, Allah, is one. / Allah is He on Whom all depend. / He begets not, nor is He begotten; / And none is like Him.

Declension

Derived terms

• أَحَدِيّ ‎(ʾaḥadiyy)
• أَحَدِيَّة ‎(ʾaḥadiyya)

Related terms

• 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 أَحَادّ ‎(ʾaḥādd), 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 0-87950-003-4

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)