غداة

Arabic

Root
غ د و (ḡ-d-w)

Alternative forms

• غُدْوَة (ḡudwa)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣa.daːh/

Noun

غَدَاة • (ḡadāh) f (plural غَدَوَات (ḡadawāt))

1. daybreak, dawn, early morning

   Synonyms: فَجْر (fajr), فَلَق (falaq), (archaic) صُبْح (ṣubḥ), (literary) بُكْرَة (bukra)

   Coordinate term: عَشِيِّ (ʕašiyyi)

   • 1946, Ahmed Shawqi, سلوا قلبي [Ask my heart]:

     سَلُوا قَلْبِي غَدَاةَ سَلَا وَثَابَا
     لَعَلَّ عَلَى ٱلْجَمَالِ لَهُ عِتَابًا
     وَيُسْأَلُ فِي ٱلْحَوَادِثِ ذُو صَوَابٍ
     فَهَلْ تَرَكَ ٱلْجَمَالُ لَهُ صَوَابًا

     salū qalbī ḡadāta salā waṯābā
     laʕalla ʕalā l-jamāli lahu ʕitāban
     wayusʔalu fī l-ḥawādiṯi ḏū ṣawābin
     fahal taraka l-jamālu lahu ṣawāban

     Ask my heart the early morning it forgets and returns to its previous state
     Perhaps towards the beautiful one it has some reproach
     Only wise people are supposed to be asked
     Did the beauty leave any wisdom to it

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:52:

     وَلَا تَطْرُدِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُۥ

     ˹O Prophet!˺ Do not dismiss those ˹poor believers˺ who invoke their Lord morning and evening, seeking His pleasure.

Declension

Declension of noun غَدَاة (ḡadāh)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَدَاة ḡadāt	الْغَدَاة al-ḡadāt	غَدَاة ḡadāt
Nominative	غَدَاةٌ ḡadātun	الْغَدَاةُ al-ḡadātu	غَدَاةُ ḡadātu
Accusative	غَدَاةً ḡadātan	الْغَدَاةَ al-ḡadāta	غَدَاةَ ḡadāta
Genitive	غَدَاةٍ ḡadātin	الْغَدَاةِ al-ḡadāti	غَدَاةِ ḡadāti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَدَاتَيْن ḡadātayn	الْغَدَاتَيْن al-ḡadātayn	غَدَاتَيْ ḡadātay
Nominative	غَدَاتَانِ ḡadātāni	الْغَدَاتَانِ al-ḡadātāni	غَدَاتَا ḡadātā
Accusative	غَدَاتَيْنِ ḡadātayni	الْغَدَاتَيْنِ al-ḡadātayni	غَدَاتَيْ ḡadātay
Genitive	غَدَاتَيْنِ ḡadātayni	الْغَدَاتَيْنِ al-ḡadātayni	غَدَاتَيْ ḡadātay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَدَوَات ḡadawāt	الْغَدَوَات al-ḡadawāt	غَدَوَات ḡadawāt
Nominative	غَدَوَاتٌ ḡadawātun	الْغَدَوَاتُ al-ḡadawātu	غَدَوَاتُ ḡadawātu
Accusative	غَدَوَاتٍ ḡadawātin	الْغَدَوَاتِ al-ḡadawāti	غَدَوَاتِ ḡadawāti
Genitive	غَدَوَاتٍ ḡadawātin	الْغَدَوَاتِ al-ḡadawāti	غَدَوَاتِ ḡadawāti