جيد

See also: جید

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ج و د (j-w-d).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaj.jid/
  • (file)

Adjective

جَيِّد • (jayyid) (feminine جَيِّدَة (jayyida), masculine plural جَيِّدُونَ (jayyidūna), feminine plural جَيِّدَات (jayyidāt), elative أَجْوَد (ʔajwad))

  1. of good quality, excellent, approvable
  2. good, goodly
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Etymology 2

From the root the ج و د (j-w-d) in the sense of being well-proportioned; a root ج ي د (j-y-d) being thereafter formed from this noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒiːd/

Noun

جِيد • (jīd) m (plural أَجْيَاد (ʔajyād) or جُيُود (juyūd))

  1. a neck, especially one that is long, beautiful, or slender
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 111:5:
      فِي جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍ
      Fī jīdihā ḥablu'm mi'm masadin
      Around her neck is a rope of fiber.
    • 10th century, ʾAbu 'ṭ-Ṭayyib ʾAḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbiʾ al-Kindī (915–965), “Poem #201”, in The Works of 'Abū al-Ṭayyib al-Mutanabbī, volume 3, Dār Al-Ma‘rifah, published 1978, page 202:
      أَغْنَاهُ حُسْنُ الْجِيدِ عَنْ لُبْسِ الْحُلِي
      وَعَادَةُ الْعُرْيِ عَنِ التَّفَضُّلِ
      ʾaḡnāhu ḥusnu 'l-jīdi ʿan lubsi 'l-ḥulī
      wa ʿādatu 'l-ʿuryi ʿani 't-tafaḍḍuli
      The beauty of the neck sufficed him from the wearing of jewellery / and a habit of being devoid of kindness.
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Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: ճիտ (čit)
  • Persian: جید (jid)

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