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جَدِيد
new /d͡ʒaˈdiːd/
adjectiveA1#158 most common
Also: recent, novel, fresh
Example sentences
هٰذَا كِتَابٌ جَدِيدٌ.
This is a new book.
عِنْدِي سَيَّارَةٌ جَدِيدَةٌ.
I have a new car.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ هَاتِفًا جَدِيدًا أَمْسِ.
I bought a new phone yesterday.
اِنْتَقَلْنَا إِلَى بَيْتٍ جَدِيدٍ فِي المَدِينَةِ.
We moved to a new house in the city.
تَتَطَلَّبُ الوَظِيفَةُ الجَدِيدَةُ مَهَارَاتٍ لَمْ أَكْتَسِبْهَا بَعْدُ.
The new job requires skills I have not yet acquired.
يَسْعَى الجِيلُ الجَدِيدُ إِلَى إِعَادَةِ تَعْرِيفِ القِيَمِ المَوْرُوثَةِ.
The new generation seeks to redefine inherited values.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جَدِيدٌ (jadīdun) | جُدُدٌ (jududun) |
| Genitive | جَدِيدٍ (jadīdin) | جُدُدٍ (jududin) |
| Accusative | جَدِيدًا (jadīdan) | جُدُدًا (jududan) |
| Vocative | جَدِيدُ (jadīdu) | جُدُدُ (jududu) |
Word family
جَدَّدَ (jaddada)to renew, to renovate
تَجْدِيد (tajdīd)renewal, renovation
جِدَّة (jidda)newness, novelty
مُتَجَدِّد (mutajaddid)renewable, recurring
جُدُد (judud)new (plural)
Etymology
جَدِيد comes from the Semitic root ج-د-د (j-d-d), whose base sense is cutting. What is freshly cut is fresh, so the adjective came to mean new or recent. The same root yields the verb جَدَّدَ, to renew, and the noun تَجْدِيد, renewal.
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