أرشد

Causative of رَشَدَ (rašada, “to follow the right course, be orthodox”).

أَرْشَدَ • (ʔaršada) IV (non-past يُرْشِدُ (yuršidu), verbal noun إِرْشَاد (ʔiršād))

1. to cause to follow the right course, to lead on the right course
2. to guide, to preserve from error
3. to cause to hold a right belief, to cause to be orthodox

• هَدَى (hadā)

• أَضَلَّ (ʔaḍalla)
• ضَلَّلَ (ḍallala)

• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “أرشد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أرشد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Elative of رَاشِد (rāšid, “sensible, reasonable; rightly guided, upright, straight; mature”) and رَشِيد (rašīd, “(same)”).

أَرْشَد • (ʔaršad)

1. elative degree of رَاشِد (rāšid), elative degree of رَشِيد (rašīd):
   1. more sensible, more reasonable; most sensible, most reasonable
   2. more rightly guided, more upright, straighter; most rightly guided, most upright, straightest
   3. more mature; most mature

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أرشد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

أرشد (form I)

1. أَرْشُدُ (ʔaršudu) /ʔar.ʃu.du/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of رَشَدَ (rašada)
2. أَرْشُدَ (ʔaršuda) /ʔar.ʃu.da/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of رَشَدَ (rašada)
3. أَرْشُدْ (ʔaršud) /ʔar.ʃud/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of رَشَدَ (rašada)
4. أَرْشَدُ (ʔaršadu) /ʔar.ʃa.du/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of رَشِدَ (rašida)
5. أَرْشَدَ (ʔaršada) /ʔar.ʃa.da/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of رَشِدَ (rašida)
6. أَرْشَدْ (ʔaršad) /ʔar.ʃad/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of رَشِدَ (rašida)

أرشد (form II)

1. أُرَشِّدُ (ʔuraššidu) /ʔu.raʃ.ʃi.du/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of رَشَّدَ (raššada)
2. أُرَشَّدُ (ʔuraššadu) /ʔu.raʃ.ʃa.du/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of رَشَّدَ (raššada)
3. أُرَشِّدَ (ʔuraššida) /ʔu.raʃ.ʃi.da/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of رَشَّدَ (raššada)
4. أُرَشَّدَ (ʔuraššada) /ʔu.raʃ.ʃa.da/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of رَشَّدَ (raššada)
5. أُرَشِّدْ (ʔuraššid) /ʔu.raʃ.ʃid/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of رَشَّدَ (raššada)
6. أُرَشَّدْ (ʔuraššad) /ʔu.raʃ.ʃad/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of رَشَّدَ (raššada)

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَرْشَدَ (ʔaršada).

• IPA^(key): /ʔar.ʃad/, [ˈʔar.ʃad]

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أرشد • (ʔaršad) IV (present برشد (biršed))

1. to guide, to direct, to instruct

   Synonym: دلّ (dall)