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صَدَد
regard (as in 'in this regard') /ˈsˤa.dad/
nounB2#3517 most common
Also: scope, purpose in view, the process of (doing something), connection, matter
Example sentences
أنا بصدد كتابة رسالة.
I am in the process of writing a letter.
هو بصدد شراء سيارة جديدة.
He is about to buy a new car.
نحن بصدد دراسة هذا الموضوع بعناية.
We are in the process of studying this topic carefully.
في هذا الصدد، أود أن أضيف بعض الملاحظات.
In this regard, I would like to add a few remarks.
تجدر الإشارة، في هذا الصدد، إلى أن القرار لم يُتَّخذ بعد.
It is worth noting, in this regard, that the decision has not been made yet.
الحكومة بصدد إعداد مشروع قانون ينظم استخدام الذكاء الاصطناعي، وهو ما يثير جدلاً واسعاً في هذا الصدد.
The government is in the process of drafting a bill to regulate the use of artificial intelligence, which is stirring wide debate in this regard.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صَدَدٌ | أَصْدَادٌ |
| Genitive | صَدَدٍ | أَصْدَادٍ |
| Accusative | صَدَداً | أَصْدَاداً |
| Vocative | يَا صَدَدُ | يَا أَصْدَادُ |
Word family
صَدَّto turn away, repel, block
صُدُودaversion, turning away (often of a beloved, in poetry)
صَادّrepelling, obstructing
بِصَدَدin the process of, about to (fixed prepositional phrase)
فِي هٰذَا الصَّدَدin this regard, on this matter (fixed phrase)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ص-د-د (ṣ-d-d), whose basic verb صَدَّ means to turn aside or block. Over time the noun صَدَد narrowed from a physical sense of direction to an abstract one: the scope, aim, or matter that something bears on. Its main modern life is inside fixed phrases like بصدد (in the process of) and في هذا الصدد (in this regard), both common in formal writing.
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