Arabic word sheet
أَحَدٌ
Anyone, no one
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ء ح د
Meaning and usage
Anyone, no one
In a negative sentence or a question it means any person at all: 'no one came', 'did anyone see?'. The word stays the same whether one or several people, men or women, are meant.
One of
Followed by the name of a group, it picks out a single member of it: one of the three, one of the students.
One (in numbers)
It is the number one as it enters compound numbers such as eleven and twenty-one.
Sunday
With the article, it names the first day of the week, Sunday.
Word family
What the root means ء ح د
The root carries the idea of oneness: its verb means 'to make a thing one'. From it come the word for 'one', its sister form used for 'one' of a female group and the expression 'one by one'.
one (of a female group)
إِحْدَى
to make one
أَحَّدَ
one by one
أُحَادُ