زائد

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of زَادَ‎ (zāda, “to increase (intransitive)”), from the root ز ي د‎ (z-y-d).

Adjective

زَائِد • (zāʔid) (feminine زَائِدَة‎ (zāʔida), masculine plural زَائِدُونَ‎ (zāʔidūna), feminine plural زَائِدَات‎ (zāʔidāt))

  1. increasing, growing
  2. excessive
  3. exceeding (something), in excess (عَن‎ (ʕan) of)
  4. extra, additional

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “زيد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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