Arabic - English Dictionary عَدَّ عَدَدْتُ، يَعُدّ، اعْدُدْ/ عُدَّ، عَدًّا وتَعْدادًا، فهو عادّ، والمفعول مَعْدود
Root: ع د دSub-Meanings / Derivatives:
عدَّ الأشياءَ
أحصاها وحَسَبَها
🇬🇧 Translation:
to count them and compute them
- راقبه
- لا يُعَدُّ ولا يُحْصَى : كثيرٌ جدًّا
- يَعُدّ الثواني : يستعجل حدوثَ أمر
- يَعُدّ الحصى : حائر كئيب
- يُعَدّ على الأصابع : قليل العدد، محصور.
🇬🇧 Translation:
- to monitor it
- innumerable / countless: very numerous
- counting the seconds: in a rush for something to happen
- counting pebbles: confused and sorrowful
- can be counted on one's fingers: few in number, limited.
عدَّ فلانًا عالِمًا
اعتبره، ظنَّه وحسبه كذلك
🇬🇧 Translation:
to consider him, deem and reckon him as such
Example / Citation:
- " عدَّ نقودَه/ تلاميذَ الفصل
- {وَإِنْ تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَةَ اللهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَا}
- {فَاسْأَلِ الْعَادِّينَ} : ملائكة حساب تعدّ على النّاس أنفاسَهم وأعمارَهم
- {وَاذْكُرُوا اللهَ فِي أَيَّامٍ مَعْدُودَاتٍ} : أيّام التشريق "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- " He counted his money / the classroom pupils
- [Quran: And if you should count the favors of Allah, you could not enumerate them]
- [Quran: And ask the enumerators] referring to the angels who keep track of people's breaths and lifespans
- [Quran: And remember Allah during [specific] numbered days] referring to the Days of Tashreeq "