فَسَدَ become corrupt in Arabic
فَسَدَ is how you say “become corrupt” in Arabic.
Root ف س د f-s-d. verb (form I). fasada.
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Meaning of become corrupt in Arabic
- to be or become bad, corrupt, unsound, spoiled the basic sense, opposite of ṣalaḥa 'to be good, right'
- to fall into disorder, ruin, or decay
- to become null and void, come to nothing cited by lexicographers for a Qur'anic usage (21:22)
Example sentence
وَإِذَا تَرَكْتَ الأَمْرَ إِلَيْهَا فَسَدَتْ
And if you leave the matter to it, it becomes corrupt.
فَسَدَتْ it becomes corrupt
Past-tense verb 'fasadat' = 'it went bad, spoiled'; '-at' marks feminine 'it'.
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How it is used
Contrasted directly with ṣalaḥa ('to be good, right'); the form IV afsada is its causative counterpart, meaning to make something else corrupt rather than to be corrupt oneself. Classical sources also cite fasada for the Qur'anic idea of the heavens and earth 'coming to ruin' or being annulled.
Words from the same root
- فَسَادٌ corruption, mischief, disorder
- فَاسِدٌ corrupt, bad, spoiled
- أَفْسَدَ to corrupt, spoil, ruin something
- مَفْسَدَةٌ a harm, evil, or corrupting consequence
- تفاسدوا to fall out, break ties with one another
More example sentences
وَإذَا فَسَدَتْ فَسَدَ الْجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ،
and if it is corrupted, the whole body is corrupted.
فَسَدَ is corrupted
The same verb without the feminine ending, masculine for 'the body', as the result: 'the whole body goes corrupt'. The structure mirrors the soundness sentence exactly.
وَإِذا فَسدتْ فسد لَهَا سَائِر الْجَسَد وَهِي الْقلب
And if it becomes corrupt, the whole body becomes corrupt, and it is the heart.
فَسَدَ it became corrupt
Past-form verb, 'it became corrupt', as the answer-half of the condition, with masculine agreement matching 'the body' that follows. The shift from feminine to masculine across the two verbs tracks the change of subject.
فإذا صلحوا صلح الناس، وإذا فسدوا فسد الناس،
If they are righteous, the people will be righteous; and if they are corrupt, the people will be corrupt.
فَسَدُوا they are corrupt
A past-tense verb carrying its 'they' subject in the plural ending, read as a supposition under 'when', 'when they become corrupt'. It mirrors the earlier 'sound' verb to set the contrasting case.
فإذا صلحوا صلح الناس، وإذا فسدوا فسد الناس،
If they are righteous, the people will be righteous; and if they are corrupt, the people will be corrupt.
فَسَدَ will be corrupt
A past-tense verb with a hidden 'he/it' subject as the result of the second condition, 'then the people become corrupt'. The past form again carries the consequence of the 'when' clause.
Common questions
- How do you say "become corrupt" in Arabic?
- فَسَدَ (fasada).
- What is the difference between فَسَدَ and أَفْسَدَ?
- فَسَدَ (form I) is intransitive, 'to become corrupt/bad'; أَفْسَدَ (form IV) is transitive/causative, 'to make something corrupt, to spoil or ruin it'.
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Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).