رد restrain in Arabic
رد is how you say “restrain” in Arabic.
Root ر د د r-d-d. verb (form I). radda.
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Meaning of restrain in Arabic
- to return, send back, or bring back e.g. sending a person back to his home, or restoring a deposit to its owner
- to reject or refuse to accept used for turning away a gift, a claim, or bad money
- to reply or answer as in returning a greeting or a response
- to restrain, or gently turn someone back from a course
Example sentence
وَالْعَبْدُ مُجْتَهِدٌ فِي رَدِّهَا
And the servant strives to restrain it.
رَدِّهَا restrain it
'radd' = 'pushing back, restraining'; '-ha' = 'it', so 'restraining it'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
Often takes a preposition: رَدَّ إِلَى to return or restore something to someone (with a sense of honor), and رَدَّ عَلَى to reject, refute, or reply to someone. The Qur'anic phrase يَوْمٌ لَا مَرَدَّ لَهُ ("a day there is no averting") uses this root for the Day of Resurrection, which cannot be turned back or escaped.
Words from the same root
- رَدٌّ the act of returning or rejecting something
- رَادٌّ one who sends back or rejects
- مَرَدٌّ a return, an averting
- رِدَّةٌ a returning, a repeating
- تَرْدَادٌ a repeated returning, reiteration
More example sentences
أنه لما كان بابُ المناظرة في الرد والقبول مُتَّسِعًا، وكل واحدٍ من المتناظرين في الاستدلال والجواب يرسل عِنانه في الاحتجاج، ومنه ما يكون صوابًا ومنه ما يكون خطأً،
that since the field of debate in rejection and acceptance was wide, and each debater in reasoning and answering would let loose his reins in argumentation, some of it being correct and some incorrect,
الرَّدِّ rejection
Genitive after 'fi' — 'rebuttal, refuting'; the verbal noun.
فاحتاج الأئمة إلى أن يضعوا آدابًا وأحكامًا يقف المتناظران عند حدودها في الرد والقبول،
the scholars needed to establish etiquette and rules that debaters must adhere to in rejection and acceptance,
الرَّدِّ rejection
Genitive after 'fi' — 'rebuttal'.
Common questions
- How do you say "restrain" in Arabic?
- رَدَّ (radda) — its core sense is to send something back or turn it away, extended to restraining someone from a course of action.
- What does the Qur'anic phrase 'lā maradda lahu' mean?
- Literally "there is no averting it" — used of God's command or of the Day of Resurrection, which cannot be turned back.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).