Arabic vocabulary
شَدَّ is how you say “strengthened” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وَشَدَّ أَسْرَ الْحَزْمِ
And it strengthened the bond of determination.
وَشَدَّ — and it strengthened. 'wa-' = 'and'; past-tense verb, subject 'it' built in.
From: Intellect and Faith →ميزانُه واضح معنى مُحْكَم وجملةٌ تامّة تشُدُّ القلبَ والعملَ معًا
Its scale is clear: a firm meaning and a complete sentence that ties the heart and the actions together.
تَشُدُّ — that ties. Present 'binds tight', subject 'it' inside, describing the sentence. The doubled final is the root shape; it governs the two objects joined next.
From: Remembrance That Reshapes the Heart →وَقَدْ شَدَّها بِقَيْدَيْنِ عَظِيمَيْنِ إِلَى قَدَمَيْهِ،
And he had bound her with two heavy chains to his feet.
شَدَّها — bound her. A past-tense verb carrying its own 'he' subject within the form, closed by '-ha' (her/it) as its object. The suffix points back to the hand, the feminine thing bound, so one word holds the doer, the action, and what it acted on.
From: A Night of Reckoning →OpenArabic teaches words like شَدَّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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