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فِدَاءٌ ransom in Arabic

فِدَاءٌ is how you say “ransom” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

قَالَ فسلني الْفِدَاء

He said, 'Ask me for the ransom.'

الْفِدَاءَ the ransom

'al-' = 'the'; 'fida'' = 'ransom'. Object — the '-a' ending marks it.

From Luqman's Response to Injustice

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فَٱغْفِرْ فِدَاءٌ لَكَ مَا اِقْتَفَيْنَا وَثَبِّّتْ الْأَقْدَامَ إِنْ لَاقَيْنَا

So forgive us; let what we have followed be a ransom for you, and make our steps firm if we meet.

فِدَاءٌ a ransom

An indefinite noun, 'a ransom', and its -un ending marks it as both unspecified and the standing subject of this little verbless clause. Arabic can build a full statement with no verb, two nouns set in balance, and this is the offered thing being equated with what follows.

From The Martyr's Reward

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