أجود

Arabic

Etymology

Elative of جَيِّد‎ (jayyid, “good; liberal, generous; excellent”), from the root ج و د‎ (j-w-d).

Adjective

أَجْوَد • (ʔajwad) (feminine جُودَى‎ (jūdā), masculine plural أَجَاوِد‎ (ʔajāwid), feminine plural جُودَيَات‎ (jūdayāt))

elative degree of جَيِّد‎ (jayyid):
1. better; best
2. more liberal, more generous; most liberal, most generous
3. more excellent; most excellent

Declension

Declension of adjective أَجْوَد (ʔajwad)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَجْوَد ʔajwad	الْأَجْوَد‎ al-ʔajwad	جُودى‎ jūdā	الْجُودى‎ al-jūdā
Nominative	أَجْوَدُ ʔajwadu	الْأَجْوَدُ‎ al-ʔajwadu	جُودى‎ jūdā	الْجُودى‎ al-jūdā
Accusative	أَجْوَدَ ʔajwada	الْأَجْوَدَ‎ al-ʔajwada	جُودى‎ jūdā	الْجُودى‎ al-jūdā
Genitive	أَجْوَدَ ʔajwada	الْأَجْوَدِ‎ al-ʔajwadi	جُودى‎ jūdā	الْجُودى‎ al-jūdā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَجْوَدَيْن‎ ʔajwadayn	الْأَجْوَدَيْن‎ al-ʔajwadayn	جُودَيَيْن‎ jūdayayn	الْجُودَيَيْن‎ al-jūdayayn
Nominative	أَجْوَدَانِ‎ ʔajwadāni	الْأَجْوَدَانِ‎ al-ʔajwadāni	جُودَيَانِ‎ jūdayāni	الْجُودَيَانِ‎ al-jūdayāni
Accusative	أَجْوَدَيْنِ‎ ʔajwadayni	الْأَجْوَدَيْنِ‎ al-ʔajwadayni	جُودَيَيْنِ‎ jūdayayni	الْجُودَيَيْنِ‎ al-jūdayayni
Genitive	أَجْوَدَيْنِ‎ ʔajwadayni	الْأَجْوَدَيْنِ‎ al-ʔajwadayni	جُودَيَيْنِ‎ jūdayayni	الْجُودَيَيْنِ‎ al-jūdayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَجَاوِد‎ ʔajāwid	الْأَجَاوِد‎ al-ʔajāwid	جُودَيَات‎ jūdayāt	الْجُودَيَات‎ al-jūdayāt
Nominative	أَجَاوِدُ‎ ʔajāwidu	الْأَجَاوِدُ‎ al-ʔajāwidu	جُودَيَاتٌ‎ jūdayātun	الْجُودَيَاتُ‎ al-jūdayātu
Accusative	أَجَاوِدَ‎ ʔajāwida	الْأَجَاوِدَ‎ al-ʔajāwida	جُودَيَاتٍ‎ jūdayātin	الْجُودَيَاتِ‎ al-jūdayāti
Genitive	أَجَاوِدَ‎ ʔajāwida	الْأَجَاوِدِ‎ al-ʔajāwidi	جُودَيَاتٍ‎ jūdayātin	الْجُودَيَاتِ‎ al-jūdayāti

References

Lane, Edward William (1863), “جود”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

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