تعدد

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

    Verb

    تَعَدَّدَ • (taʕaddada) V (non-past يَتَعَدَّدُ (yataʕaddadu), verbal noun تَعَدُّد (taʕaddud))

    1. to be numerous
    2. to multiply, to increase in frequency
      • a. 1014 CE, Ibn Nubātah Al-Sa‘diyy
        وَمَنْ لَمْ يَمُتْ بِٱلسَّيْفِ مَاتَ بِغَيْرِهِ / تَعَدَّدَتِ الْأَسْبَابُ وَٱلْمَوْتُ وَاحِدُ
        waman lam yamut bi-s-sayfi māta biḡayrihi / taʕaddadati l-ʔasbābu wal-mawtu wāḥidu
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Conjugation
    Conjugation of تَعَدَّدَ (V, sound, no passive, verbal noun تَعَدُّد)
    verbal noun
    الْمَصْدَر
    تَعَدُّد
    taʕaddud
    active participle
    اِسْم الْفَاعِل
    مُتَعَدِّد
    mutaʕaddid
    active voice
    الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
    singular
    الْمُفْرَد
    dual
    الْمُثَنَّى
    plural
    الْجَمْع
    1st person
    الْمُتَكَلِّم
    2nd person
    الْمُخَاطَب
    3rd person
    الْغَائِب
    2nd person
    الْمُخَاطَب
    3rd person
    الْغَائِب
    1st person
    الْمُتَكَلِّم
    2nd person
    الْمُخَاطَب
    3rd person
    الْغَائِب
    past (perfect) indicative
    الْمَاضِي
    m تَعَدَّدْتُ
    taʕaddadtu
    تَعَدَّدْتَ
    taʕaddadta
    تَعَدَّدَ
    taʕaddada
    تَعَدَّدْتُمَا
    taʕaddadtumā
    تَعَدَّدَا
    taʕaddadā
    تَعَدَّدْنَا
    taʕaddadnā
    تَعَدَّدْتُمْ
    taʕaddadtum
    تَعَدَّدُوا
    taʕaddadū
    f تَعَدَّدْتِ
    taʕaddadti
    تَعَدَّدَتْ
    taʕaddadat
    تَعَدَّدَتَا
    taʕaddadatā
    تَعَدَّدْتُنَّ
    taʕaddadtunna
    تَعَدَّدْنَ
    taʕaddadna
    non-past (imperfect) indicative
    الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع
    m أَتَعَدَّدُ
    ʔataʕaddadu
    تَتَعَدَّدُ
    tataʕaddadu
    يَتَعَدَّدُ
    yataʕaddadu
    تَتَعَدَّدَانِ
    tataʕaddadāni
    يَتَعَدَّدَانِ
    yataʕaddadāni
    نَتَعَدَّدُ
    nataʕaddadu
    تَتَعَدَّدُونَ
    tataʕaddadūna
    يَتَعَدَّدُونَ
    yataʕaddadūna
    f تَتَعَدَّدِينَ
    tataʕaddadīna
    تَتَعَدَّدُ
    tataʕaddadu
    تَتَعَدَّدَانِ
    tataʕaddadāni
    تَتَعَدَّدْنَ
    tataʕaddadna
    يَتَعَدَّدْنَ
    yataʕaddadna
    subjunctive
    الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب
    m أَتَعَدَّدَ
    ʔataʕaddada
    تَتَعَدَّدَ
    tataʕaddada
    يَتَعَدَّدَ
    yataʕaddada
    تَتَعَدَّدَا
    tataʕaddadā
    يَتَعَدَّدَا
    yataʕaddadā
    نَتَعَدَّدَ
    nataʕaddada
    تَتَعَدَّدُوا
    tataʕaddadū
    يَتَعَدَّدُوا
    yataʕaddadū
    f تَتَعَدَّدِي
    tataʕaddadī
    تَتَعَدَّدَ
    tataʕaddada
    تَتَعَدَّدَا
    tataʕaddadā
    تَتَعَدَّدْنَ
    tataʕaddadna
    يَتَعَدَّدْنَ
    yataʕaddadna
    jussive
    الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم
    m أَتَعَدَّدْ
    ʔataʕaddad
    تَتَعَدَّدْ
    tataʕaddad
    يَتَعَدَّدْ
    yataʕaddad
    تَتَعَدَّدَا
    tataʕaddadā
    يَتَعَدَّدَا
    yataʕaddadā
    نَتَعَدَّدْ
    nataʕaddad
    تَتَعَدَّدُوا
    tataʕaddadū
    يَتَعَدَّدُوا
    yataʕaddadū
    f تَتَعَدَّدِي
    tataʕaddadī
    تَتَعَدَّدْ
    tataʕaddad
    تَتَعَدَّدَا
    tataʕaddadā
    تَتَعَدَّدْنَ
    tataʕaddadna
    يَتَعَدَّدْنَ
    yataʕaddadna
    imperative
    الْأَمْر
    m تَعَدَّدْ
    taʕaddad
    تَعَدَّدَا
    taʕaddadā
    تَعَدَّدُوا
    taʕaddadū
    f تَعَدَّدِي
    taʕaddadī
    تَعَدَّدْنَ
    taʕaddadna

    Etymology 1.2

    Verb

    تعدد (form I)

    1. تَعْدُدْ (taʕdud) /taʕ.dud/: inflection of عَدَّ (ʕadda):
      1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
      2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
    2. تُعْدَدْ (tuʕdad) /tuʕ.dad/: inflection of عَدَّ (ʕadda):
      1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
      2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

    Etymology 1.3

    Verb

    تعدد (form II)

    1. تُعَدِّدُ (tuʕaddidu) /tu.ʕad.di.du/: inflection of عَدَّدَ (ʕaddada):
      1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
      2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
    2. تُعَدَّدُ (tuʕaddadu) /tu.ʕad.da.du/: inflection of عَدَّدَ (ʕaddada):
      1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
      2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
    3. تُعَدِّدَ (tuʕaddida) /tu.ʕad.di.da/: inflection of عَدَّدَ (ʕaddada):
      1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
      2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
    4. تُعَدَّدَ (tuʕaddada) /tu.ʕad.da.da/: inflection of عَدَّدَ (ʕaddada):
      1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
      2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
    5. تُعَدِّدْ (tuʕaddid) /tu.ʕad.did/: inflection of عَدَّدَ (ʕaddada):
      1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
      2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
    6. تُعَدَّدْ (tuʕaddad) /tu.ʕad.dad/: inflection of عَدَّدَ (ʕaddada):
      1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
      2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

    Etymology 1.4

    Verb

    تعدد (form IV)

    1. تُعْدِدْ (tuʕdid) /tuʕ.did/: inflection of أَعَدَّ (ʔaʕadda):
      1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
      2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
    2. تُعْدَدْ (tuʕdad) /tuʕ.dad/: inflection of أَعَدَّ (ʔaʕadda):
      1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
      2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian تَعَدُّد (ta'addud), from Arabic تَعَدُّد (taʕaddud).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): [tɑːd̪.d̪ʊd̪], [tə.ʔəd̪.d̪ʊd̪]
    • Rhymes: -ʊd̪

    Noun

    تَعَدُّد • (ta'addudm (Hindi spelling ताद्दुद or तअद्दुद)

    1. a numerous number; (the state of being more than one)
    2. frequency (in all senses, like time, statistics and physics)

    Declension

    Declension of تعدد
    singular plural
    direct تَعَدُّد (ta'addud) تَعَدُّد (ta'addud)
    oblique تَعَدُّد (ta'addud) تَعَدُّدوں (ta'addudõ)
    vocative تَعَدُّد (ta'addud) تَعَدُّدو (ta'addudo)

    Further reading

    • تعدد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • تعدد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “تعدد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • Platts, John T. (1884) “تعدد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.