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سَدَّد
to pay off (a debt or bill) /ˈsad.da.da/
verbB2#4220 most common
Also: to shoot (a ball) at goal, to aim or direct accurately, to guide rightly
Example sentences
هُوَ سَدَّدَ الفاتورةَ.
He paid the bill.
سَدَّدْتُ الدَّيْنَ أَمْسِ.
I paid off the debt yesterday.
سَدَّدَ اللاعبُ الكرةَ نحو المرمى.
The player shot the ball toward the goal.
يَجِبُ أَنْ تُسَدِّدَ القرضَ قبل نهاية الشهر.
You must pay off the loan before the end of the month.
سَدَّدَتِ الحكومةُ جزءًا كبيرًا من ديونها الخارجية هذا العام.
The government paid off a large part of its foreign debts this year.
على الرغم من الأزمة المالية، تمكنت الشركة من تسديد جميع التزاماتها المستحقة في الوقت المحدد.
Despite the financial crisis, the company managed to settle all its outstanding obligations on time.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُسَدِّدُ | سَدَّدْتُ | سَأُسَدِّدُ |
| 2sg | تُسَدِّدُ | سَدَّدْتَ | سَتُسَدِّدُ |
| 3sg | يُسَدِّدُ | سَدَّدَ | سَيُسَدِّدُ |
| 1pl | نُسَدِّدُ | سَدَّدْنَا | سَنُسَدِّدُ |
| 2pl | تُسَدِّدُونَ | سَدَّدْتُمْ | سَتُسَدِّدُونَ |
| 3pl | يُسَدِّدُونَ | سَدَّدُوا | سَيُسَدِّدُونَ |
Word family
تَسْدِيدpayment, settlement; a shot (in sports)
سَدَادrepayment, settlement of a debt
سَدِيدsound, correct, well-aimed
مُسَدِّدone who pays or shoots; payer
سَدّdam, barrierEtymology
The word comes from the Semitic root s-d-d, whose core sense is to block, stop up, or make something solid and straight. The same root gives سَدّ (dam, barrier). The Form II verb سَدَّدَ extends this base idea of 'making straight' into 'aiming correctly' and, by further extension, 'settling an account so it is straight,' hence 'paying off a debt.'
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