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جُهْد
effort /ˈd͡ʒuhd/
nounB1#2476 most common
Also: exertion, strain, toil
Example sentences
هَذَا جُهْدٌ كَبِيرٌ.
This is a great effort.
بَذَلَ الطَّالِبُ جُهْدًا فِي الدِّرَاسَةِ.
The student put effort into studying.
لَا تُوَفِّرْ أَيَّ جُهْدٍ فِي مُسَاعَدَتِهِ.
Don't spare any effort in helping him.
بَذَلْنَا جُهْدًا كَبِيرًا لِإِنْجَاحِ المَشْرُوعِ.
We made a great effort to make the project succeed.
تَتَطَلَّبُ هَذِهِ المُهِمَّةُ جُهْدًا مُضَاعَفًا مِنْ جَمِيعِ المُوَظَّفِينَ.
This task requires redoubled effort from all employees.
رَغْمَ الجُهْدِ الجَبَّارِ الَّذِي بَذَلَتْهُ الحُكُومَةُ، لَمْ تَتَحَسَّنِ الأَوْضَاعُ الاقْتِصَادِيَّةُ.
Despite the tremendous effort the government made, economic conditions did not improve.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جُهْدٌ | جُهُودٌ |
| Genitive | جُهْدٍ | جُهُودٍ |
| Accusative | جُهْدًا | جُهُودًا |
| Vocative | يَا جُهْدُ | يَا جُهُودُ |
Word family
جَهَدَto strive, work hard
اِجْتَهَدَto strive diligently, apply oneself
مَجْهُودeffort exerted, exertion
مُجْتَهِدdiligent, hardworking
جِهَادstruggle, striving
Etymology
جُهْد comes from the Semitic root ج-ه-د (j-h-d), which carries the core sense of striving or working hard against resistance. The noun follows the فُعْل pattern, a common shape for abstract nouns denoting an action or its result. The same root gives Arabic its verb for exerting oneself and, more famously, the word جهاد, which denotes struggle in a broader moral or religious sense.
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