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سَدّ
dam /ˈsadd/
nounB2#4359 most common
Also: barrier, obstruction, blockage
Example sentences
هذا سَدّ كبير.
This is a big dam.
نذهب لزيارة السَّدّ يوم الجمعة.
We are going to visit the dam on Friday.
بُني السَّدّ لحماية المدينة من الفيضانات.
The dam was built to protect the city from floods.
يُوَلِّد السَّدّ الكهرباء لملايين السكان.
The dam generates electricity for millions of residents.
أدّى انهيار السَّدّ إلى كارثة إنسانية كبيرة.
The collapse of the dam led to a major humanitarian disaster.
تُعدّ السدود من أهم المنشآت الهندسية التي غيّرت مجرى الأنهار عبر التاريخ.
Dams are among the most important engineering structures that have changed the course of rivers throughout history.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَدٌّ | سُدُودٌ |
| Genitive | سَدٍّ | سُدُودٍ |
| Accusative | سَدًّا | سُدُودًا |
| Vocative | يا سَدُّ | يا سُدُودُ |
Word family
سَدَّto block, to dam up
سِدادstopper, plug
مَسْدودblocked, closed off
انْسِدادobstruction, blockage
سَدّادةcork, plug, tampon
Etymology
سَدّ is the verbal noun of the Arabic verb سَدَّ, built on the triliteral Semitic root س-د-د, meaning to block or stop something up. The root is native to Semitic languages and has no connection to Indo-European vocabulary, so it carries no PIE ancestry. Over time the noun narrowed from the general sense of a blockage to the specific sense of a dam holding back water.
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