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جَدَّد

to renew /ˈdʒad.da.da/

verbB2#3452 most common

Also: to renovate, to update, to modernize

Example sentences

جَدَّدْتُ جَوَازَ سَفَرِي أَمْسِ.
I renewed my passport yesterday.
تُجَدِّدُ سَارَة اشْتِرَاكَهَا فِي المَجَلَّةِ كُلَّ عَامٍ.
Sarah renews her magazine subscription every year.
يَجِبُ أَنْ نُجَدِّدَ عَقْدَ الإِيجَارِ قَبْلَ نِهَايَةِ الشَّهْرِ.
We must renew the lease contract before the end of the month.
قَرَّرَتِ البَلَدِيَّةُ أَنْ تُجَدِّدَ الحَدِيقَةَ العَامَّةَ لِتُصْبِحَ أَكْثَرَ جَاذِبِيَّةً لِلزُّوَّارِ.
The municipality decided to renovate the public park to make it more attractive to visitors.
جَدَّدَ الفَنَّانُ أُسْلُوبَهُ بَعْدَ سَنَوَاتٍ مِنَ الرُّكُودِ الإِبْدَاعِيِّ، فَفَاجَأَ جُمْهُورَهُ بِعَمَلٍ مُخْتَلِفٍ تَمَامًا.
The artist renewed his style after years of creative stagnation, surprising his audience with a completely different work.
سَعَى المُصْلِحُونَ إِلَى أَنْ يُجَدِّدُوا الخِطَابَ الدِّينِيَّ بِمَا يَتَلَاءَمُ مَعَ مُتَطَلَّبَاتِ العَصْرِ، دُونَ المَسَاسِ بِثَوَابِتِ العَقِيدَةِ.
Reformers sought to renew religious discourse in line with the demands of the age, without touching the constants of the creed.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأُجَدِّدُجَدَّدْتُسَأُجَدِّدُ
2sgتُجَدِّدُجَدَّدْتَسَتُجَدِّدُ
3sgيُجَدِّدُجَدَّدَسَيُجَدِّدُ
1plنُجَدِّدُجَدَّدْنَاسَنُجَدِّدُ
2plتُجَدِّدُونَجَدَّدْتُمْسَتُجَدِّدُونَ
3plيُجَدِّدُونَجَدَّدُواسَيُجَدِّدُونَ

Word family

جَدِيدnewتَجْدِيدrenewal, renovation
مُجَدِّدreformer, renewer
مُجَدَّدrenewed, renovated
جِدَّةnewness, novelty

Etymology

جَدَّد comes from the triliteral Semitic root ج-د-د, which carries the sense of newness. The base adjective جديد means new. جَدَّد is built on Form II of the Arabic verb system, which doubles the middle root letter to turn a simple quality into a causative action. So the root idea of newness becomes an act of making something new, hence to renew.

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