صدر chest in Arabic
صدر is how you say “chest” in Arabic.
Root ص د ر ṣ-d-r. noun (masculine). ṣadr.
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Meaning of chest in Arabic
- chest, breast the literal body part; the plain noun also serves as an infinitive noun of the verb meaning 'to strike someone's chest'
- the fore or upper part of a thing; a heading or opening tropical use, e.g. giving a book or piece of writing its title/opening (صدّر كتابه بكذا)
Example sentence
وَيُشِيرُ إلَى صَدْرِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ،
and he pointed to his chest three times.
صَدْرِهِ his chest
In the genitive after 'to', with 'his' fused on, naming the chest, the seat of the heart. The gesture underlines that piety resides within.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
The root's core sense is physical/directional: to return or go back from a place, extended tropically to a saying or deed 'issuing' from someone. صَدْر (ṣadr) itself is the concrete body part, the chest or breast, but by extension also names the front, upper, or opening part of something — as when a book is given its title or a person takes the foremost seat in an assembly.
Words from the same root
- صَدَرَ to return, go back (from water or a place); also, for a saying or action to issue, proceed, or emanate from someone
- أَصْدَرَ to send someone/something back, cause to return; to issue forth (a saying)
- تَصَدَّرَ to sit up straight in the chest while sitting; to take the highest seat in a gathering, i.e. become advanced or promoted
- مُصَادَرَةٌ the exacting of a fine or debt from someone; to sue or press someone for payment
- تَصْدِيرٌ tying a camel's breast-girth; also, giving a heading or opening to a piece of writing
- مَصْدَرٌ verbal noun of ṣadara, denoting the act of returning
More example sentences
صلب الرجل وترائب المرأة وهو موضع القلادة من صدرها
The backbone of the man and the ribs of the woman, which is the place of the necklace on her chest.
صَدْرِهَا her chest
A noun with -ha (her) attached, 'her chest', in the genitive from the preposition before it. The attached -ha is the owner; the word pins the location to the woman's chest.
وقيل صلب الرجل وترائبه وهي صدره فيخرج من صلبه وصدره
And it was said that the backbone of the man and his ribs, which is his chest, is where it comes out from.
صَدْرُهُ his chest
The chest noun carries an attached 'his' ending that names its owner, the man. One Arabic word holds both the noun and its possessor, where English needs the two separate words 'his chest'.
وقيل صلب الرجل وترائبه وهي صدره فيخرج من صلبه وصدره
And it was said that the backbone of the man and his ribs, which is his chest, is where it comes out from.
وَصَدْرِهِ and his chest
A second source noun joined by the leading 'and', still under the reach of 'from', so it too takes the genitive ending that preposition demands. Its attached ending marks the man as owner, giving 'his chest' in a single word.
Common questions
- How do you say "chest" in Arabic?
- صَدْر (ṣadr).
- What does the root ص-د-ر mean?
- Basically 'to return or go back' (from water or a place); by extension, 'to issue or proceed from' (a saying or action). صَدْر, from this root, is the chest/breast, and figuratively the front or opening part of something, like a book's title.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).