أحد

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أحد¹

  • /ʔa.ħad/

Where it comes from

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

noun أَحَد · ʔaḥad · آحَاد · إِحْدَى · الْأَحَد

  1. one أَحَدٌ وَعِشْرُونَ
  2. one of

noun أَحَد · ʔaḥad · آحَاد · أُحْدَان · الْأَحَد

  1. definite اَلْأَحَد (al-ʔaḥad): ellipsis of يَوْم الْأَحَد (yawm al-ʔaḥad, “Sunday”, literally “day one”) لكنه عاد للعمل في صباح الأحد

noun أَحَد · ʔaḥad

  1. in the negative a person; somebody, someone; anybody, anyone هَلْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ هُنَا؟

adjective أَحَد · ʔaḥad

  1. one قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

أحد²

verb أَحَدَّ · ʔaḥadda · يُحِدُّ · إِحْدَاد · مُحِدّ

  1. to sharpen

أحد³

  • /ʔa.ħadd/

Where it comes from

Elative of حَادّ (ḥādd, “sharp, vehement”) and حَدّ (ḥadd, “violent, passionate”).

adjective أَحَدّ · ʔaḥadd · حُدَّى · أَحَدُّون · أَحَادّ · حُدَّيَات

  1. more acute, sharper, more cutting; most acute, sharpest, most cutting; very acute, sharp or cutting
  2. more vehement; most vehement; very vehement
  3. elative degree of حَدّ (ḥadd)
  4. more violent, more passionate; most violent, most passionate; very violent, very passionate
  5. fierce
  6. with sharp teeth

أحد⁴

proper noun أُحُد · ʔuḥud · -

  1. a mountain north of Medina, Saudi Arabia

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {أحد},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%AF},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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