صاد
العربية
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صاد¹
- /sˤaː.da/
Where it comes from
Compare Hebrew צָד (tsad, “to hunt”) and Ugaritic 𐎕𐎄 (ṣd, “to hunt”).
verb صَادَ · ṣāda · يَصِيدُ · صَيْد · صَائِد
- to catch, to capture, to entrap
- to hunt, to chase (game, fish), to fowl, to fish
صاد²
- /sˤaːd/
Where it comes from
Interrelated with the root ص ي د (ṣ y d), Borrowed from Nabataean Aramaic and 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.
noun صَاد · ṣād · صَادَات · الصَّاد
- Name of the fourteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ص (ṣ)), representing the sound /sˤ/
In English
Talk about this word "صاد." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. صاد. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF "صاد." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF.Cite this
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title = {صاد},
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