صاد

See also: ضاد

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ص ي د (ṣ-y-d). Compare Hebrew צוּד (to hunt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˁaː.da/

Verb

صَادَ (ṣāda) I, non-past يَصِيدُ or يَصَادُ‎ (yaṣīdu or yaṣādu)

  1. to catch, to capture, to entrap
  2. to hunt, to chase (game, fish), to fowl, to fish
Conjugation
References

Etymology 2

Interrelated with the root ص ي د (ṣ-y-d), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ṣVd- (to take food, to capture game, to fish; hunting and gathering), with early alphabetic symbols interpreted as depicting, a plant, a fishing hook or hunting barb, and in Arabian scripts possibly even a stick-figure human crouched in ambush.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˁaːd/

Noun

صَاد (ṣād) f (plural صَادَات (ṣādāt))

  1. Name of the fourteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ص ()), representing the sound /sˁ/
Declension
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