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عَدّ
to count /ˈʕadd/
verbA1#516 most common
Also: to enumerate, to reckon, to consider, deem
Example sentences
أَعُدُّ إلى عَشَرَةٍ.
I count to ten.
الطِّفْلُ يَعُدُّ النُّجُومَ فِي اللَّيْلِ.
The child counts the stars at night.
عَدَدْتُ النُّقُودَ مَرَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَدْفَعَ.
I counted the money twice before paying.
لا تَعُدَّ الدَّجَاجَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَفْقِسَ.
Don't count the chickens before they hatch.
عَدَّهُ النَّاسُ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ شُعَرَاءِ عَصْرِهِ.
People considered him among the greatest poets of his age.
لا تُعَدُّ نِعَمُ اللهِ وَلا تُحْصَى لِكَثْرَتِهَا.
The blessings of God cannot be counted or numbered, so many are they.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَعُدُّ | عَدَدْتُ | سَأَعُدُّ |
| 2sg | تَعُدُّ | عَدَدْتَ | سَتَعُدُّ |
| 3sg | يَعُدُّ | عَدَّ | سَيَعُدُّ |
| 1pl | نَعُدُّ | عَدَدْنَا | سَنَعُدُّ |
| 2pl | تَعُدُّونَ | عَدَدْتُمْ | سَتَعُدُّونَ |
| 3pl | يَعُدُّونَ | عَدُّوا | سَيَعُدُّونَ |
Word family
عَدَدnumber
عَدّادcounter, meter
تَعْدادcensus, count
مَعْدُودcounted, limited in number
عِدّةa number of; legal waiting period
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic triliteral root ع-د-د, which carries the idea of counting and number. The same root gives Arabic عَدَد, meaning number, and عِدّة, meaning a count or a fixed period. In Form I the two identical final consonants merge, so the underlying عَدَدَ surfaces as عَدَّ. Beside the sense to count, the verb early took on the sense to reckon or to consider.
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