Arabic word sheet
وَاحِدٌ
One, a single
- Type
- numeral adjective
- Root
- و ح د
Meaning and usage
One, a single
The first of the numbers: one person or thing and no more. It is said of anything that can be counted.
اِشْتَرَى سَامِي كِتَابًا وَاحِدًا
Sami bought just one book.
One and the same
Said of two or more things that amount to the same thing, with no difference between them.
رَأْيِي وَرَأْيُ سَلْمَى وَاحِدٌ
My opinion and Salma's are one and the same.
Unequalled (literary)
In elevated language, said of someone who has no match in his time or in his field: he is "the one" of his age.
هَذَا الطَّبِيبُ وَاحِدُ عَصْرِهِ
This doctor is without equal in his time.
Word family
What the root means و ح د
The root carries the idea of being one, and so alone and without a match. From it come the words for someone who is alone, for solitude, for what has no equal and for making things into one.
alone, solitary; only
وَحِيدٌ
solitude; oneness
وَحْدَةٌ
to be left alone
وَحِدَ
to be alone in doing or thinking something
تَوَحَّدَ
peerless, incomparable
أَوْحَدُ
to make one, to unify
وَحَّدَ
Synonyms
single, lone; an individual
فَرْدٌ
It stresses being apart, separate from the others, and is not used for counting as the headword is.