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تَرَدُّد
hesitation /tɐˈrad.dud/
nounB2#4227 most common
Also: indecision, reluctance, frequency (radio/electrical)
Example sentences
أجاب بدون تردد.
He answered without hesitation.
في صوتها تردد واضح.
There is clear hesitation in her voice.
تردده في الإجابة أزعج المعلم.
His hesitation in answering annoyed the teacher.
بعد تردد طويل، قررت السفر.
After long hesitation, I decided to travel.
كان ترددها بين الخيارين واضحا للجميع.
Her hesitation between the two options was obvious to everyone.
يُقاس التردد الكهربائي بوحدة الهرتز.
Electrical frequency is measured in units of hertz.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تردُّدٌ / التردُّدُ | تردُّداتٌ / الترددات |
| Genitive | تردُّدٍ / التردُّدِ | تردُّداتٍ / الترددات |
| Accusative | تردُّداً / التردُّدَ | تردُّداتٍ / الترددات |
| Vocative | يا تردُّدُ | يا ترددات |
Word family
ترددto hesitate, waver; also to frequent (a place) repeatedly
مترددhesitant, indecisive
ردto return, to reply
استردادretrieval, recovery
مردودyield, return (financial or otherwise)
Etymology
تردد is the masdar (verbal noun) of the Form V verb تردد, built on the root ر-د-د, which carries the core sense of returning or giving something back. The تفعّل pattern often marks repeated or reflexive action, so تردد literally suggests a repeated returning, a mental back-and-forth. That image gives the word its two main modern senses: wavering between choices, and, by extension in technical usage, a value that recurs cyclically, as in radio frequency.
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