Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
س ع د (s ʕ d)
9 terms

Cognate with Hebrew סָעַד (sāʿad, to support).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /saː.ʕa.da/
  • Audio (informal):(file)

Verb

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سَاعَدَ (sāʕada) III (non-past يُسَاعِدُ (yusāʕidu), verbal noun مُسَاعَدَة (musāʕada))

  1. to help, to assist
    هَلْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تُسَاعِدَنِي؟hal yumkinu ʔan tusāʕidanī?Can you help me?
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Swahili: -saidia

Etymology 1.2

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Noun

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سَاعِد (sāʕidm (plural سَوَاعِد (sawāʕid))

  1. forearm, bracchium
    • a. 684, معن بن أوس [Maʿn Ibn Aws], فيا عجباً لمن ربيت طفلاً […]:
      أُعَلِّمُهُ ٱلرِّمَايَةَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ / فَلَمَّا ٱشْتَدَّ سَاعِدُهُ رَمَانِي.
      ʔuʕallimu-hū r-rimāyata kulla yawmin / fa-lammā štadda sāʕidu-hū ramā-nī.
      I teach him shooting every day; and when his arm was steady he shot me.
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References
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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سعد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
س ع د
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic سَاعَدَ (sāʕada).

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Verb

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ساعد (sāʕad) III (non-past يِساعِد (yisāʕid))

  1. to help

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of ساعد (sāʕad)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ساعدت (sāʕadt) ساعدت (sāʕadt) ساعد (sāʕad) ساعدنا (sāʕadna) ساعدتوا (sāʕadtu) ساعدوا (sāʕadu)
f ساعدتي (sāʕadti) ساعدت (sāʕadat)
non-past m أساعد (ʔasāʕid) تساعد (tisāʕid) يساعد (yisāʕid) نساعد (nisāʕid) تساعدوا (tisāʕdu) يساعدوا (yisāʕdu)
f تساعدي (tisāʕdi) تساعد (tisāʕid)
imperative m ساعد (sāʕid) ساعدوا (sāʕdu)
f ساعدي (sāʕdi)

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
س ع د
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic سَاعَدَ (sāʕada).

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Verb

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ساعد (sāʕad) III (present بساعد (bisāʕed))

  1. to help
    Synonym: عاون (ʕāwan)
    مسؤوليّتنا إنّه نساعد بعدم انتشار الأمراض المعديّة.
    masʔūliyyetna ʔinno nsāʕed bi-ʕadm intišār il-ʔamrāḍ il-moʕdiyye
    It's our responsibility to help stop the spread of infectious diseases.
    (literally, “It's our responsibility to help in the non-spread of infectious diseases.”)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of ساعد (sāʕad)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ساعدت (sāʕadt) ساعدت (sāʕadt) ساعد (sāʕad) ساعدنا (sāʕadna) ساعدتو (sāʕadtu) ساعدو (sāʕadu)
f ساعدتي (sāʕadti) ساعدت (sāʕadat)
present m بساعد (basāʕed) بتساعد (bitsāʕed) بساعد (bisāʕed) منساعد (minsāʕed) بتساعدو (bitsāʕdu) بساعدو (bisāʕdu)
f بتساعدي (bitsāʕdi) بتساعد (bitsāʕed)
subjunctive m اساعد (asāʕed) تساعد (tsāʕed) يساعد (ysāʕed) نساعد (nsāʕed) تساعدو (tsāʕdu) يساعدو (ysāʕdu)
f تساعدي (tsāʕdi) تساعد (tsāʕed)
imperative m ساعد (sāʕed) ساعدو (sāʕdu)
f ساعدي (sāʕdi)
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