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زَائِد excessive in Arabic

زَائِد is how you say “excessive” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فالقراء المجودة فيهم تنطع وتحرير زائد يؤدي إلى أن المجود القارىء يبقى مصروف الهمة إلى مراعاة الحروف،

For the exaggerated recitation among them involves excessive detail, leading the refined reciter to focus solely on the articulation of letters,

زَائِدٌ excessive

This adjective, excessive, describes the over-refinement and matches it in indefinite nominative through '-un'. Arabic adjectives trail their noun and copy its case and indefiniteness, so the two share the same ending.

From When Recitation Breeds Pride

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فإنك جاهل خبل فداوم بالله على التواضع الزائد ،

For surely you are ignorant and foolish, so persist in excessive humility with God,

الزَّائِدِ the excessive

This is an adjective, 'the abundant, the more-than-usual', and the al- makes it definite to match the noun it describes. An Arabic adjective trails its noun and copies its definiteness and ending; here it agrees with 'the humility' in the same possessed ending.

From True Devotion

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