غداء

See also: غذاء

Arabic

Etymology
Root
غ د و (ḡ-d-w)

Compare غَدًا (ḡadan, “tomorrow”), غَدَاة (ḡadāh, “morning”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣa.daːʔ/

Noun

غَدَاء • (ḡadāʔ) m (plural أَغْدِيَة (ʔaḡdiya))

  1. (obsolete) breakfast
    Synonyms: إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār), فَطُور (faṭūr)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:62:
      فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتَاهُ آتِنَا غَدَاءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِن سَفَرِنَا هٰذَا نَصَبًا
      fa-lammā jāwazā qāla li-fatāhu ʔātinā ḡadāʔanā laqad laqīnā min safarinā hāḏā naṣaban
      So when they had passed beyond it, he said to his boy, "Bring us our morning meal. We have certainly suffered in this, our journey, much fatigue."
    • a. 813, ar-Rājiz, unknown title:
      خالي لقيطٌ (var. عُوَيْف) وأبو عَلِجِّ … المطعمان اللحمَ بالعَشِجِّ
      وبالغداةِ كِسَرَ (var. فِلَق) البَرْنِجِّ … يُقْلَعُ بالوَدِّ وبالصِّيصجِّ
      I have two uncles ʿUwayf and Abū ʿAlī … who eat meat in the vesper
      And in the morn sweet shives of dates … they pluck by means of pegs and pales
      Translation by Gottfried Hoberg:
      Avunculus meus est ʿUvaif et Abû ʿAlî, qui carnem vespere porrigunt
      et mane dactylos suaviores, qui extrahuntur paxillo et palo
  2. lunch

Declension
Declension of noun غَدَاء (ḡadāʔ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal غَدَاء
ḡadāʔ		 الْغَدَاء
al-ḡadāʔ		 غَدَاء
ḡadāʔ
Nominative غَدَاءٌ
ḡadāʔun		 الْغَدَاءُ
al-ḡadāʔu		 غَدَاءُ
ḡadāʔu
Accusative غَدَاءً
ḡadāʔan		 الْغَدَاءَ
al-ḡadāʔa		 غَدَاءَ
ḡadāʔa
Genitive غَدَاءٍ
ḡadāʔin		 الْغَدَاءِ
al-ḡadāʔi		 غَدَاءِ
ḡadāʔi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal غَدَاءَيْن
ḡadāʔayn		 الْغَدَاءَيْن
al-ḡadāʔayn		 غَدَاءَيْ
ḡadāʔay
Nominative غَدَاءَانِ
ḡadāʔāni		 الْغَدَاءَانِ
al-ḡadāʔāni		 غَدَاءَا
ḡadāʔā
Accusative غَدَاءَيْنِ
ḡadāʔayni		 الْغَدَاءَيْنِ
al-ḡadāʔayni		 غَدَاءَيْ
ḡadāʔay
Genitive غَدَاءَيْنِ
ḡadāʔayni		 الْغَدَاءَيْنِ
al-ḡadāʔayni		 غَدَاءَيْ
ḡadāʔay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَغْدِيَة
ʔaḡdiya		 الْأَغْدِيَة
al-ʔaḡdiya		 أَغْدِيَة
ʔaḡdiyat
Nominative أَغْدِيَةٌ
ʔaḡdiyatun		 الْأَغْدِيَةُ
al-ʔaḡdiyatu		 أَغْدِيَةُ
ʔaḡdiyatu
Accusative أَغْدِيَةً
ʔaḡdiyatan		 الْأَغْدِيَةَ
al-ʔaḡdiyata		 أَغْدِيَةَ
ʔaḡdiyata
Genitive أَغْدِيَةٍ
ʔaḡdiyatin		 الْأَغْدِيَةِ
al-ʔaḡdiyati		 أَغْدِيَةِ
ʔaḡdiyati

Descendants
  • Hijazi Arabic: غَدَا (ḡada)
  • Gulf Arabic: غَدَا (ḡada)
  • Moroccan Arabic: غْدَا (ḡda)

References
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