Arabic vocabulary
سَدَّ is how you say “close” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
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.
From: Remembrance That Reshapes the Heart →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.
From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →OpenArabic teaches words like سَدَّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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