سَائِقٌ driver in Arabic
سَائِقٌ is how you say “driver” in Arabic.
Root س و ق s-w-q. noun (active participle of سَاقَ, Form I). sāʾiq.
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Meaning of driver in Arabic
- driver, one who drives agent noun of سَاقَ 'to drive, urge to go' — originally of cattle or a beast
- one who drives on, impels
Example sentence
وَالْعَمَلَ سَائِقٌ وَالنَّفْسَ حَرُونٌ
And action is a driver, and the soul is stubborn.
سَائِقٌ a driver
'sa'iq' = 'a driver, one who drives from behind'. No 'al-', so 'a driver'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
The base verb سَاقَ is used concretely of driving cattle or a mount, and figuratively of driving clouds, carrying a narrative forward, or being driven toward death or fate. سَائِقٌ is simply 'the one who does the driving' in any of these senses.
Words from the same root
- سَاقَ to drive, urge along
- سِيَاقٌ the course of speech; context
- مَسَاقٌ a driving; the course something is driven to
- سَاوَقَ to vie with someone in driving
More example sentences
فَإِنْ فَتَرَ سَائِقُهَا ضَلَّتْ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ
If its driver weakens, it strays from the path.
سَائِقُهَا its driver
'sa'iq' = 'driver'; the ending '-ha' = 'its', pointing back to the soul.
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ هَذَا السَّائِقُ
Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, "Who is this driver?"
السَّائِقُ the driver
The al- prefix makes this noun definite, the specific driver in view, and its final -u marks it as standing in the subject/identified role of the question, the one whose name is being asked. So it names the figure the demonstrative pointed at.
Common questions
- How do you say "driver" in Arabic?
- سَائِقٌ (sāʾiq).
- What root does سَائِقٌ come from?
- The root س و ق (s-w-q), whose verb سَاقَ means 'to drive, urge along' — used of driving cattle, clouds, or even carrying a narrative forward.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).