سيد

See also: سید

Arabic

Root
س و د (s-w-d)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *swd-. Cognate with Imperial Aramaic 𐡎𐡅𐡃 (swd), 𐡎𐡉𐡃 (syd, to have lordship).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saj.jid/

Noun

سَيِّد (sayyid) m (plural سَيِّدُون (sayyidūn) or سَادَة (sāda) or أَسْيَاد (ʔasyād), feminine سَيِّدَة (sayyida))

  1. master, lord, prince
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 33:67:
      وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّا أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَاءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا السَّبِيلَا
      waqālū rabbanā ʔinnā ʔaṭaʕnā sādatanā wakubarāʔanā faʔaḍallūnā s-sabīlā
      Pickthall: And they say: Our Lord! Lo! we obeyed our princes and great men, and they misled us from the Way.
  2. mister
  3. sir
  4. Sayyid (title of a male descendant of Mohammed)

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: sid
  • Mozarabic: سيد (sīdi)
  • Spanish: Cid, Çid
  • Persian: سید (seyyed)
  • Urdu: سید

References

Adjective

سَيِّد (sayyid) (feminine سَيِّدَة (sayyida) or سَيِّد (sayyid), masculine plural سَادَة (sāda) or أَسْيَاد (ʔasyād), elative أَسْوَد (ʔaswad))

  1. liberal, generous
  2. noble, high-born
  3. wise

Declension

References

Mozarabic

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid, lord, master).

Noun

سيد (sīdi) m

  1. lord, master
    • c. 1100, Muhammad ibn ‘Ubada, Kharja A1 :[1]
      بن سيدِ إبْرَاهِيم
      fən sīdi ʾibrāhīm
      Come, lord Ibrahim.

References

  1. Jones, Alan (1988) Romance Kharjas in Andalusian Arabic Muwaššaḥ Poetry (Oxford Oriental Institute Monographs; 9), Ithaca Press London, →ISBN, pages 27-28

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siːd/, [siːd]
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Noun

سيد (sīd) m (plural أسياد (ʔasyād), feminine ست (sitt))

  1. master, lord
  2. grandfather
    Synonym: جد (jidd)
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