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سَدَّ close in Arabic

سَدَّ is how you say “close” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وتقول الحمدُ لله فتَرُدُّ الفضلَ إلى المُنعِم وتسدُّ بابَ الكِبر

And you say: 'All praise is due to Allah' and return the credit to the bestower and close the door to arrogance.

وَتَسُدُّ and close

'and you block' — 'wa' plus present 'you shut', subject 'you' inside. The doubled final is the root shape; another effect of the praise.

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More example sentences

فانحدرت صخرة من الجبل فسدت عليهم الغار،

Then a rock fell down from the mountain and blocked the entrance of the cave.

فَسَدَّتْ so it blocked

This pairs the connector fa- ('and so', marking result) with a past-tense verb. Here fa- signals consequence: the rock fell, and as a result it sealed the cave; the verb's feminine ending agrees with the rock as its doer.

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