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إِدّ
a monstrous, dreadful thing /ˈʔɪdd/
nounB1#2428 most common
Also: an atrocity, an outrage, a grave enormity
Example sentences
هَذَا الأَمْرُ إِدٌّ.
This matter is a monstrous thing.
قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: إِنَّ هَذَا الظُّلْمَ إِدٌّ.
The old man said, this injustice is monstrous.
ارْتَكَبَ الجُنُودُ فِعْلًا إِدًّا فِي حَقِّ الأَبْرِيَاءِ.
The soldiers committed a monstrous act against the innocent.
وَصَفَ الكَاتِبُ تِلْكَ الجَرِيمَةَ بِأَنَّهَا إِدٌّ لَا يُغْتَفَرُ.
The writer described that crime as an unforgivable atrocity.
كَادَتِ الأَرْضُ تَنْشَقُّ مِنْ هَوْلِ ذَلِكَ الإِدِّ الَّذِي ادَّعَوْهُ.
The earth nearly split open from the horror of the monstrous claim they made.
لَقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْئًا إِدًّا.
You have indeed brought forth a monstrous thing.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِدٌّ | |
| Genitive | إِدٍّ | |
| Accusative | إِدًّا | |
| Vocative | يَا إِدُّ |
Word family
أَدَّto become grave, dreadful, or momentous (of a matter)
يَؤُدُّhe/it is becoming grave or momentous (present tense of أَدَّ)
إِدَّةa wonder, a great calamity (feminine near-synonym from the same root)
Etymology
إِدّ comes from the geminate Semitic root ء-د-د, whose verb أَدَّ means to become grave, heavy, or momentous. The noun إِدّ names a thing so grave that it shocks or appalls. Its most famous appearance is in the Quran, Surah Maryam 19:89, describing the enormity of claiming that God has a son. Because the word survives mainly through that verse and a handful of classical dictionary entries, its use outside Classical and Quranic Arabic is very limited.
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