ص د ق

ص د ق

See also: صدق‎ and صدف‎

Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from West Semitic, cognate with Hebrew צ־ד־ק‎.

Root

ص د ق • (ṣ-d-q)

1. forms words related to truth
2. forms words related to friends, friendship, acquaintance or companionship

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: صَدَقَ‎ (ṣadaqa, “to tell the truth, be sincere, prove to be true, to be right”)
  • Verbal noun: صَدْق‎ (ṣadq), صِدْق‎ ( ṣidq)
  • Active participle: صَادِق‎ (ṣādiq, “truthful, accurate, faithful”)
  • Passive participle: مَصْدُوق‎ (maṣdūq)
• Form II: صَدَّقَ‎ (ṣaddaqa, “to consider true or truthful, believe, consent, approve, certify”)
  • Verbal noun: تَصْدِيق‎ (taṣdīq, “belief, faith, assent, approval, certification”)
  • Active participle: مُصَدِّق‎ (muṣaddiq)
  • Passive participle: مُصَدَّق‎ (muṣaddaq)
• Form III: صَادَقَ‎ (ṣādaqa, “to treat as a friend, become friends with, consent, approve, certify”)
  • Verbal noun: مُصَادَقَة‎ (muṣādaqa, “consent, agreement, certification, ratification”), صِدَاق‎ (ṣidāq, “consent, agreement, certification, ratification”)
  • Active participle: مُصَادِق‎ (muṣādiq)
  • Passive participle: مُصَادَق‎ (muṣādaq)
• Form IV: أَصْدَقَ‎ (ʾaṣdaqa, “to fix a dower”)
  • Verbal noun: إِصْدَاق‎ (ʾiṣdāq)
  • Active participle: مُصْدِق‎ (muṣdiq)
  • Passive participle: مُصْدَق‎ (muṣdaq)
• Form V: تَصَدَّقَ‎ (taṣaddaqa, “to give alms”), اِصَّدَّقَ‎ (iṣṣaddaqa, “to give alms”)
  • Verbal noun: تَصَدُّق‎ (taṣadduq)
  • Active participle: مُتَصَدِّق‎ (mutaṣaddiq), مُصَّدِّق‎ (muṣṣaddiq)
  • Passive participle: مُتَصَدَّق‎ (mutaṣaddaq), مُصَّدَّق‎ (muṣṣaddaq)
• Form VI: تَصَادَقَ‎ (taṣādaqa)
  • Verbal noun: تَصَادُق‎ (taṣāduq)
  • Active participle: مُتَصَادِق‎ (mutaṣādiq)
  • Passive participle: مُتَصَادَق‎ (mutaṣādaq)

Nouns and other parts of speech

• صَدَاقَة‎ (ṣadāqa, “friendship”)
• صَدَاقَ‎ (ṣadāqa, “dower”)
• صَدِيق‎ (ṣadīq, “friend”) – plurals: أَصْدِقَاء‎ (ʾaṣdiqāʾ), صُدَقَاء‎ (ṣudaqāʾ), صُدْقَان‎ (ṣudqān)
• صَدُوق‎ (ṣadūq, “always truthful”)
• صِدِّيق‎ (ṣiddīq, “always truthful”)
• أَصْدَق‎ (ʾaṣdaq, “more truthful”)
• مِصْدَاق‎ (miṣdāq, “corroboration, substantiation, criterion”)
• مِصْدَاقِيَّة‎ (miṣdāqiyya)
• مُصَدِّقَة‎ (muṣaddiqa, “certificate”)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “صدق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN