فدى

العربية

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فدى

/fa.daː/

verb فَدَى · fadā · يَفْدِي · فَدًى · فِدًى · فِداء

transitive to free (someone) from captivity or from danger by paying a sum of money or by giving away something to buy him back; to ransom (someone) تُحَيِّي بِالسَّلَامَةِ أُمُّ عَمْرٍو * وَهَلْ لَكِ بَعْدَ رَهْطِكِ مِنْ سَلَامِ ذَرِينِي أَصْطَبِحُ بِكْرًا فَإِنِّي * رَأَيْتُ الْمَوْتَ نَقَّبَ عَنْ هِشَامِ وَوَدَّ بَنُو الْمُغِيرَةِ لَوْ فَدَوْهُ * بِأَلْفٍ مِنْ رِجَالٍ أَوْ سَوَامِ

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ransom to pay a price to set someone free

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {فدى},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%AF%D9%89},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}