جدوى

Arabic

Root
ج د و (j-d-w)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒad.waː/

Noun

جَدْوَى • (jadwā) f (plural جَدْوَيَات (jadwayāt))

1. avail, benefit

   بِدُونِ جَدْوَى ― bidūni jadwā ― to no avail, in vain

   بِلَا جَدْوَى ― bilā jadwā ― to no avail, in vain

   • 2017 October 27, “مجلس الشيوخ الاسباني يقر وضع كاتالونيا تحت وصاية مدريد”, in Al-Quds‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 October 2017:

     وَسَبَقَ أَنْ وَضَعَتِ ٱلْحُكُومَةُ مَالِيَّةَ ٱلْإِقْلِيمِ تَحْتَ ٱلْوِصَايَةِ فِي أَيْلُولَ (سِبْتَمْبَرَ) ٱلْمَاضِي فِي مُحَاوَلَةٍ، لٰكِنْ بِدُونِ جَدَوَى.

     wasabaqa ʔan waḍaʕati l-ḥukūmatu māliyyata l-ʔiqlīmi taḥta l-wiṣāyati fī ʔaylūla (sibtambara) l-māḍī fī muḥāwalatin, lākin bidūni jadawā.

     And it preceded that the financial administration of the region was put under superintendence in past September in a bid, but to no avail.

   • 2018 July 18, “ar: الرئيس عون يؤكد ضرورة التواصل الرسمي بين لبنان و سوريا”, in Muraselon‎^[2]:

     وَتَابَعَ قَائِلًا “هُوَ حِوَارٌ لَا يَخُوضُ فِي أَيِّ شَأْنٍ سِيَاسِيٍّ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ أَثْبَتَ جَدْوَاهُ فِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ أَوْجَبَ حَلُّ مُشْكِلَةٍ أَمْنِيَّةٍ خُصُوصًا ٱلتَّعْوِيلُ عَلَى قَنَاةِ ٱلتَّوَاصُلِ”.

     watābaʕa qāʔilan “huwa ḥiwārun lā yaḵūḍu fī ʔayyi šaʔnin siyāsiyyin, ʔillā ʔannahu ʔaṯbata jadwāhu fī kulli marratin ʔawjaba ḥallu muškilatin ʔamniyyatin ḵuṣūṣan t-taʕwīlu ʕalā qanāti t-tawāṣuli”.

     He continued saying “the discussion did not treat any political matter, but it proved its usefulness every time the solution of a security problem was necessitated, particularly the reliance on a channel of communication.”

Declension

Declension of noun جَدْوَى (jadwā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَدْوَى jadwā	الْجَدْوَى al-jadwā	جَدْوَى jadwā
Nominative	جَدْوَى jadwā	الْجَدْوَى al-jadwā	جَدْوَى jadwā
Accusative	جَدْوَى jadwā	الْجَدْوَى al-jadwā	جَدْوَى jadwā
Genitive	جَدْوَى jadwā	الْجَدْوَى al-jadwā	جَدْوَى jadwā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَدْوَيَيْن jadwayayn	الْجَدْوَيَيْن al-jadwayayn	جَدْوَيَيْ jadwayay
Nominative	جَدْوَيَانِ jadwayāni	الْجَدْوَيَانِ al-jadwayāni	جَدْوَيَا jadwayā
Accusative	جَدْوَيَيْنِ jadwayayni	الْجَدْوَيَيْنِ al-jadwayayni	جَدْوَيَيْ jadwayay
Genitive	جَدْوَيَيْنِ jadwayayni	الْجَدْوَيَيْنِ al-jadwayayni	جَدْوَيَيْ jadwayay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَدْوَيَات jadwayāt	الْجَدْوَيَات al-jadwayāt	جَدْوَيَات jadwayāt
Nominative	جَدْوَيَاتٌ jadwayātun	الْجَدْوَيَاتُ al-jadwayātu	جَدْوَيَاتُ jadwayātu
Accusative	جَدْوَيَاتٍ jadwayātin	الْجَدْوَيَاتِ al-jadwayāti	جَدْوَيَاتِ jadwayāti
Genitive	جَدْوَيَاتٍ jadwayātin	الْجَدْوَيَاتِ al-jadwayāti	جَدْوَيَاتِ jadwayāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: جدوى (cedvâ)