سيد

Arabic

Root
س و د (s w d)
17 terms

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))

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.
- (Can we date this quote?), محمد بنيس [Mohammed Bennis], مَا بَنَاهُ الْأَقْدَمُونَ [mā banāhu l-ʔaqdamūna]‎^[1]:
  هُنَالِكَ سَيِّدُونَ عَلَى الْبَسِيطَة
  تَائِهُون
  hunālika sayyidūna ʕalā l-basīṭa(t)
  tāʔihūn
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
mister
sir
Sayyid (title of a male descendant of Mohammed)

Declension

Declension of noun سَيِّد (sayyid)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيِّد sayyid	السَّيِّد as-sayyid	سَيِّد sayyid	سَيِّدَة sayyida	السَّيِّدَة as-sayyida	سَيِّدَة sayyidat
Nominative	سَيِّدٌ sayyidun	السَّيِّدُ as-sayyidu	سَيِّدُ sayyidu	سَيِّدَةٌ sayyidatun	السَّيِّدَةُ as-sayyidatu	سَيِّدَةُ sayyidatu
Accusative	سَيِّدًا sayyidan	السَّيِّدَ as-sayyida	سَيِّدَ sayyida	سَيِّدَةً sayyidatan	السَّيِّدَةَ as-sayyidata	سَيِّدَةَ sayyidata
Genitive	سَيِّدٍ sayyidin	السَّيِّدِ as-sayyidi	سَيِّدِ sayyidi	سَيِّدَةٍ sayyidatin	السَّيِّدَةِ as-sayyidati	سَيِّدَةِ sayyidati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيِّدَيْن sayyidayn	السَّيِّدَيْن as-sayyidayn	سَيِّدَيْ sayyiday	سَيِّدَتَيْن sayyidatayn	السَّيِّدَتَيْن as-sayyidatayn	سَيِّدَتَيْ sayyidatay
Nominative	سَيِّدَانِ sayyidāni	السَّيِّدَانِ as-sayyidāni	سَيِّدَا sayyidā	سَيِّدَتَانِ sayyidatāni	السَّيِّدَتَانِ as-sayyidatāni	سَيِّدَتَا sayyidatā
Accusative	سَيِّدَيْنِ sayyidayni	السَّيِّدَيْنِ as-sayyidayni	سَيِّدَيْ sayyiday	سَيِّدَتَيْنِ sayyidatayni	السَّيِّدَتَيْنِ as-sayyidatayni	سَيِّدَتَيْ sayyidatay
Genitive	سَيِّدَيْنِ sayyidayni	السَّيِّدَيْنِ as-sayyidayni	سَيِّدَيْ sayyiday	سَيِّدَتَيْنِ sayyidatayni	السَّيِّدَتَيْنِ as-sayyidatayni	سَيِّدَتَيْ sayyidatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيِّدِين‎; سَادَة‎; أَسْيَاد sayyidīn‎; sāda‎; ʔasyād	السَّيِّدِين‎; السَّادَة‎; الْأَسْيَاد as-sayyidīn‎; as-sāda‎; al-ʔasyād	سَيِّدِي‎; سَادَة‎; أَسْيَاد sayyidī‎; sādat‎; ʔasyād	سَيِّدَات sayyidāt	السَّيِّدَات as-sayyidāt	سَيِّدَات sayyidāt
Nominative	سَيِّدُونَ‎; سَادَةٌ‎; أَسْيَادٌ sayyidūna‎; sādatun‎; ʔasyādun	السَّيِّدُونَ‎; السَّادَةُ‎; الْأَسْيَادُ as-sayyidūna‎; as-sādatu‎; al-ʔasyādu	سَيِّدُو‎; سَادَةُ‎; أَسْيَادُ sayyidū‎; sādatu‎; ʔasyādu	سَيِّدَاتٌ sayyidātun	السَّيِّدَاتُ as-sayyidātu	سَيِّدَاتُ sayyidātu
Accusative	سَيِّدِينَ‎; سَادَةً‎; أَسْيَادًا sayyidīna‎; sādatan‎; ʔasyādan	السَّيِّدِينَ‎; السَّادَةَ‎; الْأَسْيَادَ as-sayyidīna‎; as-sādata‎; al-ʔasyāda	سَيِّدِي‎; سَادَةَ‎; أَسْيَادَ sayyidī‎; sādata‎; ʔasyāda	سَيِّدَاتٍ sayyidātin	السَّيِّدَاتِ as-sayyidāti	سَيِّدَاتِ sayyidāti
Genitive	سَيِّدِينَ‎; سَادَةٍ‎; أَسْيَادٍ sayyidīna‎; sādatin‎; ʔasyādin	السَّيِّدِينَ‎; السَّادَةِ‎; الْأَسْيَادِ as-sayyidīna‎; as-sādati‎; al-ʔasyādi	سَيِّدِي‎; سَادَةِ‎; أَسْيَادِ sayyidī‎; sādati‎; ʔasyādi	سَيِّدَاتٍ sayyidātin	السَّيِّدَاتِ as-sayyidāti	سَيِّدَاتِ sayyidāti

Descendants

→ Japanese: サイイド (saiido)
Maltese: sid
→⇒ Mozarabic: סדילה (sdylh)
→ Spanish: Cid, Çid (obsolete)
→ Persian: سید (seyyed)
→ Urdu: سید (sed)

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “سيد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سيد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen

Adjective

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

Declension

Declension of noun سَيِّد (sayyid)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيِّد sayyid	السَّيِّد as-sayyid	سَيِّد sayyid
Nominative	سَيِّدٌ sayyidun	السَّيِّدُ as-sayyidu	سَيِّدُ sayyidu
Accusative	سَيِّدًا sayyidan	السَّيِّدَ as-sayyida	سَيِّدَ sayyida
Genitive	سَيِّدٍ sayyidin	السَّيِّدِ as-sayyidi	سَيِّدِ sayyidi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيِّدَيْن sayyidayn	السَّيِّدَيْن as-sayyidayn	سَيِّدَيْ sayyiday
Nominative	سَيِّدَانِ sayyidāni	السَّيِّدَانِ as-sayyidāni	سَيِّدَا sayyidā
Accusative	سَيِّدَيْنِ sayyidayni	السَّيِّدَيْنِ as-sayyidayni	سَيِّدَيْ sayyiday
Genitive	سَيِّدَيْنِ sayyidayni	السَّيِّدَيْنِ as-sayyidayni	سَيِّدَيْ sayyiday
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَادَة‎; أَسْيَاد sāda‎; ʔasyād	السَّادَة‎; الْأَسْيَاد as-sāda‎; al-ʔasyād	سَادَة‎; أَسْيَاد sādat‎; ʔasyād
Nominative	سَادَةٌ‎; أَسْيَادٌ sādatun‎; ʔasyādun	السَّادَةُ‎; الْأَسْيَادُ as-sādatu‎; al-ʔasyādu	سَادَةُ‎; أَسْيَادُ sādatu‎; ʔasyādu
Accusative	سَادَةً‎; أَسْيَادًا sādatan‎; ʔasyādan	السَّادَةَ‎; الْأَسْيَادَ as-sādata‎; al-ʔasyāda	سَادَةَ‎; أَسْيَادَ sādata‎; ʔasyāda
Genitive	سَادَةٍ‎; أَسْيَادٍ sādatin‎; ʔasyādin	السَّادَةِ‎; الْأَسْيَادِ as-sādati‎; al-ʔasyādi	سَادَةِ‎; أَسْيَادِ sādati‎; ʔasyādi

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “سيد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[4], London: Williams & Norgate
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سيد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[5], London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “سود”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid).

Pronunciation 1

IPA^(key): /siːd/

Noun

سيد • (sīd) m (construct state سيدو (sīdu), plural أسياد (ʔasyād), feminine ست (sitt))

grandfather
Synonym: جَدّ (jadd)

Pronunciation 2

IPA^(key): /saj.jid/

Noun

سيد • (sayyid) m (plural سادة (sāda))

(archaic) A title given to male descendants of the prophet Muhammad.
Synonym: شَريف (šarīf)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siːd/, [siːd]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

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

master, lord
grandfather
Synonym: جد (jidd)