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 (ʔaṣdaqa, “to fix a dower”)
  • Verbal noun: إِصْدَاق (ʔiṣdāq)
  • 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 (ʔaṣdiqāʔ), صُدَقَاء (ṣudaqāʔ), صُدْقَان (ṣudqān)
• صَدُوق (ṣadūq, “always truthful”)
• صِدِّيق (ṣiddīq, “always truthful”)
• أَصْدَق (ʔaṣdaq, “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