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Arabic root

س-و-د

Sin-Waw-Dal

2 words from this root family

About this root

Sin-Waw-Dal (س-و-د) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: aswad (black), siyāda (sovereignty).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 10 times in 9 verses, across 8 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:187. The form أَسوَد (black) accounts for 1 of them.

Themes: Adjectives, Colors, Shopping, Academic Formal

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
أَسوَد
aswad
blackadjective, A11×Adjectives - Appearance & Beauty
سِيَادَة
siyāda
sovereigntynoun, B2Logic & Arguments

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

فَنَادَتْهُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَآئِمٌ يُصَلِّى فِى ٱلْمِحْرَابِ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَىٰ مُصَدِّقًۢا بِكَلِمَةٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَسَيِّدًا وَحَصُورًا وَنَبِيًّا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

And the angels called to him as he stood praying in the sanctuary: Allah giveth thee glad tidings of (a son whose name is) John, (who cometh) to confirm a word from Allah lordly, chaste, a prophet of the righteous.

Quran 3:39
يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ ۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْوَدَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ أَكَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

On the Day when (some) faces will be whitened and (some) faces will be blackened; and as for those whose faces have been blackened, it will be said unto them: Disbelieved ye after your (profession of) belief? Then taste the punishment for that ye disbelieved.

Quran 3:106
وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ

When if one of them receiveth tidings of the birth of a female, his face remaineth darkened, and he is wroth inwardly.

Quran 16:58

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1adjective
أَسوَد
aswad

black

Example
القِطُّ أَسوَد
al-qiṭṭu aswad
The cat is black
Grammar

Feminine form: sawdāʾ (سَوداء). Colors pattern: afʿal (m.) / faʿlāʾ (f.).

B2noun
سِيَادَة
siyāda

sovereignty

Example
تَحتَرِمُ الدُّوَلُ سِيادَةَ بَعضِها البَعض.
taḥtarimu d-duwalu siyādata baʿḍihā l-baʿḍ.
Countries respect each other's sovereignty.

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