عسجد

Arabic

Etymology

According to Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou “without doubt” from an elative from the root س ج د (s j d), meaning originally aught “most worthy of bowing down”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕas.d͡ʒad/

Noun

عَسْجَد • (ʕasjadm

  1. gold
    Synonym: ذَهَب (ḏahab)

Declension

Declension of noun عَسْجَد (ʕasjad)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal عَسْجَد
ʕasjad
الْعَسْجَد
al-ʕasjad
عَسْجَد
ʕasjad
nominative عَسْجَدٌ
ʕasjadun
الْعَسْجَدُ
al-ʕasjadu
عَسْجَدُ
ʕasjadu
accusative عَسْجَدًا
ʕasjadan
الْعَسْجَدَ
al-ʕasjada
عَسْجَدَ
ʕasjada
genitive عَسْجَدٍ
ʕasjadin
الْعَسْجَدِ
al-ʕasjadi
عَسْجَدِ
ʕasjadi

Derived terms

  • عَسْجَدِيَّة (ʕasjadiyya, chrysomonadina)

References

  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 863