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جادّ
serious /ˈd͡ʒaːdd/
adjectiveA2#776 most common
Also: earnest, diligent, hard-working
Example sentences
هو طالبٌ جادّ.
He is a serious student.
أختي طالبةٌ جادّة.
My sister is a serious student.
المعلّم جادّ في عمله.
The teacher is serious about his work.
نحتاج إلى موظّفين جادّين في هذا المشروع.
We need serious employees on this project.
أجرى المدير اجتماعًا جادًّا حول مستقبل الشركة.
The director held a serious meeting about the company's future.
لا يمكن لأيّ إصلاح جادّ أن ينجح دون إرادة سياسيّة حقيقيّة.
No serious reform can succeed without real political will.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جادٌّ (jāddun) | جادّون (jāddūna) |
| Genitive | جادٍّ (jāddin) | جادّين (jāddīna) |
| Accusative | جادًّا (jāddan) | جادّين (jāddīna) |
| Vocative | يا جادُّ (yā jāddu) | يا جادّون (yā jāddūna) |
Word family
جَدَّ (jadda)to be serious, to strive
جِدّ (jidd)seriousness, earnestness
جِدّيّ (jiddī)serious (relational form)
جِدّيًّا (jiddiyyan)seriously
جِدّيّة (jiddiyya)seriousness, gravity
Etymology
جادّ is the active participle of the verb جَدَّ (jadda), meaning to be serious or to strive. It comes from the triliteral root ج-د-د, which gathers the ideas of effort, seriousness, and newness. The same root gives جِدّ (seriousness) and جديد (new). Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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